No hype. A 12 bore paradox handles shot like a fine shotgun but is also a potent double rifle firing 740gr conical from 1050 to 1500fps, that's the paradox. The "magic" is the rifled chokes of the paradox gun Very difficult to create a true paradox gun but a fully rifled gauge gun or a smoothbore ball and shotgun are possible. You might want to buy Roger Lakes book Paradox@ www.paradox-horsley.com.