Some consistency was provided by using the same choke (Carlson’s Delta Series) and Federal Speed Shok steel #2 shot (156 ...

Obie, a K-9 with the Madera County Sheriff's Office, will live the rest of his life shotgun pellets in his body after he was wounded while pursuing an armed suspect accused of stealing a truck.

The design makes sense. Shotgun pellets lack the stopping power of, say, a rifle round. But drones tend to be flimsy—and nimble. The wide spread of a shotgun blast increases the chance of a hit.