Shotgun (weapon)

Shotgun, also known as SPAS, is a recurring weapon in the series.

Final Fantasy VII
Shotgun is the second weapon available for Vincent, providing 48 Attack, 112 Atk%, 12 Magic, and two linked materia slots with Normal growth. It can be obtained by buying it for 3,100 gil at Rocket Town, and is one of the few weapons in the game that can be permanently missed.

Etymology
A is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.