Patent ID: 7174833

Claim:
A shotgun shell comprising: a) a casing having an ignition primer, said casing further having an interior; b) propellant positioned in said casing proximate to said primer; c) at least one projectile positioned in said casing, said at least one projectile comprising shot, said at least one projectile constructed to strike a target; and d) at least one non-combustible, non-luminous, non-liquid indicator positioned in said casing, said at least one indicator having an observable size whereby discharge of said propellant expels said at least one indicator from said casing and from a shotgun barrel for unaided observation of said at least one indicator, said at least one indicator having at least one ballast member entrapped within said at least one indicator wherein said at least one indicator has a flight trajectory where said at least one indicator represents the trajectory of said at least one projectile expelled from said shotgun barrel.