On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:08:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

I didn't know you could silence a shotgun...is that for real?

You can't "put a silencer onto one", but you can build one with a
silenced barrel. Doesn't work that well for 12s, but .410s have long
been done this way for either poaching or pest control.