Pellets
Slugs
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Spread Shot: The Bola Blast and Riotslug both do this, one with webs that disable enemies and one with slugs that function like shotgun pellets.
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Possibly justified in-game by the fact the shells are blue, signifying the shotgun rounds are slugs rather than pellets.
Source: Video Game / PAYDAY 2 -
Interestingly, the slugs are not penalized in any way at close range, but they don't need to be: with shot, one can score a grazing hit where just enough pellets connect for a kill, but the same shot with a slug is a total miss, so the spread rightly increases its accuracy.
Source: Short-Range Shotgun
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