The 50 yard and 60 yard average penetration charts again, for illustration.
And the 50 yard patterns with #4 and #2.
I do see some potential advantage of the 131 pellet count of the #4 for just making hits on runners. And like I said, it will kill. But the #2 pattern is more to my liking for a coyote specific load and the penetration advantage for bad angles and distance (multiples!) is too significant to ignore. After you kill the first one, the second one is usually going away fast. Bad angle and longish distance are the norm on multiples. And that's even assuming it only takes one shot to anchor the first one. I'm just seeing #2's as a clear advantage, for my typical real world conditions.
- DAA
And the 50 yard patterns with #4 and #2.
I do see some potential advantage of the 131 pellet count of the #4 for just making hits on runners. And like I said, it will kill. But the #2 pattern is more to my liking for a coyote specific load and the penetration advantage for bad angles and distance (multiples!) is too significant to ignore. After you kill the first one, the second one is usually going away fast. Bad angle and longish distance are the norm on multiples. And that's even assuming it only takes one shot to anchor the first one. I'm just seeing #2's as a clear advantage, for my typical real world conditions.
- DAA