Recently I was fi eld testing a new
CTI 105 shotgun by Remington (fifth generation design) and a new Vinci by Benelli. These payload delivery systems are made of composite materials to a great extent and can be classified as “space age” … down to the last detail. Ultra lightweight and very fast handling are descriptive terms that come to mind here. The game is changing, and some of us old school shooters will have some surprises in our futures in terms of ad- vanced product development. THE FINAL ANALYSIS
About the time I was putting this New shotguns and new shotshells proved effective on coyotes.
dead run at point blank ranges. Regardless of the load being used
in the fi eld, I believe the shotgun needs to be considered when range is short and the target is coming in fast. After that, the rifl e wins out … hands down. What you want for brush and short range use is a very quick target acquisition system (open sights are nice) and that short bar- reled specialty gun. Getting caught up in brush swinging a long barrel, or using a charge that’s too light, both can spell a less than effective end result. Dan Stone, the point man in Ne-
vada with the caller and scattergun, caught a big mean badger coming in
to the call and dropped him like a bad habit with a blast from a Remington 11-87 turkey gun and a stiff load of Remington 20 caliber tungsten-based coyote loads. After that an incoming coyote that was cutting through five-foot sagebrush that was so thick you could not walk a straight line through the stuff took a blast head-on, which quickly ended its day. Several other attempts were made at longer range targets, which resulted in less than effective results. Again, keeping maximum range under control is always a good plan when taking the scattergun afi eld against coyotes and other large varmints.
review together, Federal Cartridge ATK came up with some new rules for the game of load development … and all of them are based on the Flitecontrol (Black Cloud) payload delivery system. The 10 gauge in a 1⅝ ounce BB steel shot load has now been added to the list of Black Cloud variations, as has Prairie Storm, a 3" 12 gauge 1¼ ounce load of No. 4 cop- per plated lead, again in the Flitecontrol system. I was thinking this was about the maximum in load development for a late fall project by the big ammo manu- facturer. However, I got fooled as they also have come out with a new special BB steel shot “Snow Goose” round that moves out of the muzzle at more than 1,650 f.p.s. Talk about a fast mover … and a load that has already produced a dead badger and coyote by this writer during a three-week fi eld run with rifl es, shot- guns, and handguns across four states. These new loads, with the base of the Flitecontrol sabot (military if ever there was one), are about to change shotgun- ning forever, and I’m sure additional load types and shot sizes will be added to the massive mix Federal has been bring- ing out lately for sportsmen. These shotshells I tested were all
packed in white label prototype boxes, except for the 10 gauge variant. By the time you read this some or all will be in the hands of hunters. Hang on, boys, ’cause these new scattergun loads ain’t going away … and are coming to your dealers’ store shelves soon. FEDERAL HEAVYWEIGHT COYOTE Federal’s newest specialized coyote
This bobcat was taken with HD, a great load for close-in varmints. Page 122 Winter 2012
killer is in Heavyweight shot, a product much like ultra heavy tungsten, and in effect about the maximum weight allow- able with the very dense product. Like TSS, this material as a pellet of shot has almost no upper limit in terms of down-
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