Howdy All,

When I joined the border patrol, some of the old salty dogs said that the old magnum buckshot we used to use would kill a coyote at 100 yrds. (They didn't say if it was 2 or 4 legged lol ) I thought that was a bit of a stretch, but let me ask guys that are in states where you HAVE to use buckshot to hunt deer: How far out can you drop deer sized game with a 12gauge shotgun, using shot?

I had my 870 at the range and it seemed that 25 yards was the max effective range, like 6 or 7 out of 8, 12 gauge 00 pellets on target. I plan to dump the LE reduced recoil rounds I have and pattern standard and magnum 00 buckshot rounds and see how they do with the cylinder bore the 870 has. Then , I will take my Benelli M4 out and see how it does with different, smaller, chokes.

Has anybody done this already and can you send me your results to save me some time?

Thanks.