It is so very good to see that others distinguish between shot and slugs, especially dangerous game slugs like the Brenneke. I have been using the Brenneke 1 and 3/8 ounce (607 grain) big 3 inch Black Magic Magnum DG slug. It is NOT like any other regular slug... and it is NOT like puny pellets. This slug is dangerous and, in my most humble of humble opinions, would have layed that leopard down and it very well might even have blown it backward and dead, where those shot pellets did not do the job.

When some people put down the shotgun as a hunting tool based on pellet shots they might now be considering the "projectile". To do so is in my opinion like saying a 300 rem ultra mag would NOT do the job because they saw what the 30-30 did NOT do.

DG slugs are a breed unto themsleves. A very Powerful difference to either pellets or even regular slugs.

Ergo, it may not be fair to dismiss the 12 gauge shotgun based on pellet lack-of-performance to kill... And particularly because they were probably 2 and 3/4 shells, making the comparison even more remote, and inaccurate. I often read from some hunters that shotguns don't work on dangerous game, yet it seems to me they often base this on antiquated or partial info. A shotgun can shoot pellets AND it can shoot very dangerous game slugs. They achieve dramatically different results. However, of course, it is the skill of the hunter that plays perchance the largest role. Yet, I know I would NOT shoot pellets at a dangerous game unless as someone else wrote it was within 10 - 12 feet... I would always opt for Dangerous Game Slugs in both barrels... 607 grainers (not the little 358'ers with regular slug powder, either.) Blam Blam. Or even just one BLAM.

All of this is just one yogi's opinion.