12 Gauge Round

The 12 gauge shotgun shell is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The 12 gauge shell reappears in Fallout: New Vegas, with the usual buckshot load as well as slugs. A specialized beanbag shell also exists, for pacifist players, as well as magnum and coin shot shells. A cheap and well loaded source of gun powder for hand loading.

12 Gauge, Coin Shot
Coin shot is an improvised buckshot round using Legion Denarius Coins as the projectile. The end result is a similar damaging buckshot round but leaving coins embedded in the targets. In V.A.T.S. the Coins can be seen leaving the barrel of the weapon in certain shots. Coin Shot is regarded as a better ammunition for trading, due to their increased value as a result of them being made. They are possibly a reference to the shells used by Alice in the latest Resident Evil Film, Resident Evil: Afterlife. Or to 1973's "Pat Gerrett & Billy the Kid" in which Ollinger says "I sure wish you'd try, son. I got my shotgun full of 16 thin dimes. Enough to spread you out like a crazy woman's quilt."

12 Gauge, Magnum
Magnum Shells are standard Buckshot shells fitted with a higher internal powder load, increasing velocity and stopping power. The downside is more damage done to a firearm due to the higher overall pressure, resulting in more regular maintenance.

12 Gauge, Bean Bag
Bean Bag rounds are less-lethal shotgun ammunition commonly used by Law Enforcement to quell riot situations. Bean Bags inflict Fatigue Damage and stun a target momentarily. While they are regarded as the weakest form of shotgun shell, they can be very useful should player encounter powerful opponents, such as Deathclaws, by utilizing the Bean Bag rounds to first stun them and then switch to another type of ammuniton or weapon to finish them off while they lay helplessly on the ground.

12 Gauge, Slug
Slugs are typically a large lead round with rifled grooves on the bullet to enable it to spin in flight, promoting better accuracy over a distance. Slugs enable a shotgun to engage targets are a further distance and are commonly used to shoot large animals for its massive stopping power.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * Hunting shotgun
 * Dinner Bell
 * Sawed-off shotgun
 * Riot shotgun
 * Big Boomer

Appearances
The 12 gauge shotgun shell appears in Fallout: New Vegas.