Always a pleasure to read your work. I think you caught the high points.
The SAS pioneered a couple of loads in Malaya; a 12g slug with three buck shot (buck and ball) and a mixed load of buck and bird shot (I want to say no.3 bird shot, but I'm not sure), the latter was useful in jungle terrain.
It was always funny when inspecting an arms room to see the number of private purchase shotguns that were stored there. It always seemed that just about every vehicle commander intended to carry one, just in case.
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