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Due to the range of shotguns and rifles that shotguns have more useless range than rifles.

Shotguns have very poor bullets due to close range weapons. They can only shoot at the maximum range of 50 meters to 125 meters away while rifles can shoot at the maximum range of 800 meters to 1, 400 meters away. Some rifle can reach up to 1, 000 meters to 2, 200 meters away. Shotguns are only for close range combat while rifles are for long range combat. Rifles have more useful range than shotguns. Rifles are much more powerful and 4 to 5 times more accurate than shotguns. Shotguns are less accurate and have extremely poor penetrating power to body armor while rifles have excellent penetrating to body armor.

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