"First fire a regular buckshot round," she instructed, handing me a regular red shotgun round. "Just so you have a benchmark."

I slid the round into the chamber through the ejection port, then snapped the action shut. Washu nodded and pressed a button on her suddenly appearing console. A few meters away, a target dummy with the likeness of Doctor Clay suddenly appeared.

Taking the weapon off safe, I raised it to my shoulder and took aim. Then with a loud 'crack', fired.

The clay... Clay, splintered from the hail of steel pellets.