why did Chigurh use a silenced shotgun instead of a pistol? i

>>33528386
None really. It does make for an interesting 'signature' weapon, they weren't going for realism with much of the gunplay.

>>33528386
Lower pressure means less noise potentially. Higher chance of a one hit stop.

>>33528386
Because it looks unique and intimidating. When you think of suppressed shotguns you think of Chigurh, and that's what matters to hollywood.

>>33528386
assuming NCfOM was real, a shotgun is a solid choice for versatility, lethality, difficulty of ballistics matching a smoothbore, intimidation, and ease of logistics (finding ammunition, two hands on a weapon, it's not depending on external magazines, et c).

>>33528386
In the book at one point he mentions he liked it because he can choose different loads for different things. When he shoots the bloke in front of the window in a highrise building he mentions he chose like no.6 shot so the bullet didn't go through the target and break the window behind him, but would still kill the bloke at such short range.
Was a while ago I read it though. I figured it was just because it looks unique

>>33528386
I assumed for it's lethality. Handgun rounds are weak and people tend to fight back until they are dead. A shotgun puts you down hard and fast and you aren't shooting back, in most cases. But he had other guns if you recall.

>>33528413
Lower pressure? Basic shot shells are like magnum pistol cartridges

>>33528386
Set in 1980 so it wasn't like today where everyone and their mom has an AR so the long gun of choice would be a shotgun.

>>33529149
He isn't wrong, chamber pressure is not the same as kinetic energy.

>>33528413
The low pressure is vastly outran by the gas volume and xbox hueg bore diameter. But technically correct.

>>33529149
Even a .22lr has a higher chamber pressure than a 12 gauge.