Originally Posted By: goat834Man I am glad this was brought up and discussed. I bought a shotgun awhile back and had trouble finding #4 lead to shoot so I bought #4 Federal steel shot. Glad to have read this will be looking for some lead now! I never questioned using steel vs lead for yotes.
#4 lead shot is not a coyote load. Number 4 lead buck shot is a good coyote load.
Yesterday I took an old Natchez catalog and shot it at 40 large steps away with a 1500 fps Hevi-Metal BBB steel load and a 1-1/2 oz 3" reload with Rem HD BB shot in it. The BPI data shows the HD BB reload to be 1375 fps.
The Steel BBB shot I found in the catalog penetrated into pages, 27, 30,39, 185 and 220.
The Remington HD BB shot that is heavier than lead penetrated into pages, 380, 402,459, 500, 531 and four pellets went completely through the 755 page catalog. I don't think the four pellets that went completely through the catalog were BBB steel pellets.