Originally Posted By: YellowhammerI would shoot 00 buck before I paid $5 a shot.
^^ This...
I shot the Hevi-shot Dead Coyote for a while the year before last, had my wife pick up a box or two on her way home from work for me. Then I was in town and went to pick some up for myself and I saw how much she'd been paying for them!! I almost puked when I realized how much money I had shot into the berm patterning this load with different chokes. Dang sure don't want to miss a coyote with one, as taking two or three shots will eat up your entire hide value!
I'm still trying to find Winchester's Xtended Range HD Coyote B shot, guessing it'll have just a little less effective range than the Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote T's, but they're just under $3 a shot, to the Dead Coyote's $5 per.
I grew up on 00buck Winchester Super-X (20yrs or so on this load, from 2 3/4" to 3 1/2"), have been really enjoying this load with a new Patternmaster choke this winter. Slayed dozens of dogs with it over the years.
Seems the Fed 4buck is the route to go to balance weight against pellet count, I've only had a couple boxes to pattern with, but they've been very promising (can't use Patternmasters, but the Carlson's Dead Coyote choke patterned well with it). 1buck sounds great too, but I haven't been able to find any, short of ordering it online. The Fed's are running in the $1.50-2 ballpark, which is a heck of a lot better than $5.
As much as I wish I could justify Hevi-shot, it's not THAT much better than 00buck for range, and not THAT much better than Fed 4 shot, debatably, it might not be better at all.