User blog comment:Tankburger1235/Weapons?/@comment-7594114-20130330204805

1)If they would use shotguns they would have to use Celestial Bronze bullets,right?Well, a bullet is made out of little amount of Celestial Bronze,so strong monsters would just be injured,since the Mantichore didn't dissolve when Annabeth stabbed him with a knife,which is made out of more Celestial Bronze than a bullet.

2)If string monsters wouldn't dissolve with a bullet,they would need more bullets than a shotgun can take in.And imagine of they would have to face many monsters.They would have to carry so many bullets and they wouldn't run fast.So,another problem:carrying the bullets.

3)Weapons like swords,spears,bows,etc.,are traditional,so another reason demigods use them is because of tradition.

[Maybe some of you would think about the time Annabeth's father killed many monsters with C.B bullets.But I've thought of that,too,and I think a plane,like the one he used,can carry more bullets than any demigod.]