Well had to go out and pattern my Benelli with the Carlson Dead Coyote choke and Hevi Shot Dead Coyote loads.

This is the first time I've ever tried this so I started out at 20yds. Pretty devastating as expected and on target. The orange dot is 3" across for referance.


Back side of the 1" plywood.


I then moved back to 35yds. Still looks like it's knockin em into la la land.


Backside of the 1" plywood.


Then I moved back to 50yds. The pattern definatly opened up. Still looks like it's killin em plenty good. Note...I did drop the barrel slightly as I shot so the pattern is a little low.


Not sure I want to shoot farther than 50yds at a yote...will see how it goes in the field. Any thoughts from you shotgun experts, are these patterns good enough? At 50yds the pellets did not go through the 1" plywood.

Also shot my custom built .338 win mag to make sure it's on target for bear season in a few weeks. Not sure what kicked worst the 3 1/2 mag or the .338...All I know is they both let me know there's a whole lotta bag behind em, OUCH!

3 shoots at 100yds with factory Federal 225gr Trophy Bonded Bearclaws. This rifle flat out shoots for a 33 cal.


Oh...had the 17hmr with me so some squeaks had to pay the price.

Looks like you had a great day outside! If you dropped that shot at 50 yards you should shoot it again and see how it patterns. I like to see 15 to 20 pellets in the "kill zone" when I am determining max range on my shotguns. You might sketch the outline of a coyote on that paper and use that as a guide for the longer range stuff.

That 338 ought to knock the snot out of a bear!

Have you tried any other chokes with that DC?

Cool. Do you think you dropped that last shot or that just where the gun patterns at that range?

I did some slug load testing today but I forgot the flippin' camera!

If any of you guys shoot rifled slugs try this. Take one of those small grease guns with the needle tip and squirt a ring of white litium grease around the front egde of the slug (where the roll crimp meets the slug). I shot over twentyfive rifled slug loads this morning and there isn't a single trace of lead smeared down the bore. I always hated getting that crap out! Before I'd get lead fouling after the first shot and it would just get worse with every pull of the trigger.

That's like shooting boogers out of your gun! It isn't a snotgun!

Oh my, how on the earth did I ever miss THAT the first time around. Now THAT is funny!

You shoulda seen the targets! There was a greasy ring around every bullethole.