Why are there extended range scopes for shotguns

battlefield-3

I've recently been tooling around with the shotguns. I was kind of surprised to see that there are some long range scopes available. Especially for a weapon with such a limited range. Does anyone have/use these upgrades for the shotgun and are they even worth using?

Best Answer

Coupled with the "Slug" ammo, you can do some serious damage with a scoped shotgun. It's got both short range lethality and long range damage.

There's some NSFW language in this video, but the guy's having fun with it, so:

Shotguns do small amounts of damage at range, but if you've got one that's semi- or full- auto, you can take people down faster than you'd think. When you factor in latency, shotguns with pellet-style ammo can sometimes win simply because they fire more bullets simultaneously.