diff --git a/code/modules/crafting/recipes.dm b/code/modules/crafting/recipes.dm
index fb0fa2bc2a9..be6109542bf 100644
--- a/code/modules/crafting/recipes.dm
+++ b/code/modules/crafting/recipes.dm
@@ -396,9 +396,9 @@
 	category = CAT_WEAPONRY
 	subcategory = CAT_AMMO
 
-/datum/crafting_recipe/laserslug
-	name = "Laser Slug Shell"
-	result = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/shotgun/laserslug)
+/datum/crafting_recipe/lasershot
+	name = "Lasershot Shell"
+	result = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/shotgun/lasershot)
 	reqs = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/shotgun/techshell = 1,
 				/obj/item/stock_parts/capacitor/adv = 1,
 				/obj/item/stock_parts/micro_laser/high = 1)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/ammunition/ammo_casings.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/ammunition/ammo_casings.dm
index 0da945759a5..dd33be4a3c6 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/ammunition/ammo_casings.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/ammunition/ammo_casings.dm
@@ -247,11 +247,13 @@
 	muzzle_flash_range = MUZZLE_FLASH_RANGE_NORMAL
 	muzzle_flash_color = LIGHT_COLOR_LIGHTBLUE
 
-/obj/item/ammo_casing/shotgun/laserslug
-	name = "laser slug"
-	desc = "An advanced shotgun shell that uses a micro laser to replicate the effects of a laser weapon in a ballistic package."
+/obj/item/ammo_casing/shotgun/lasershot
+	name = "lasershot"
+	desc = "An advanced shotgun shell that uses a multitude of lenses to split a high-powered laser into eight small pellets."
 	icon_state = "lshell"
-	projectile_type = /obj/item/projectile/beam/laser
+	projectile_type = /obj/item/projectile/beam/scatter
+	pellets = 8
+	variance = 35
 	muzzle_flash_strength = MUZZLE_FLASH_STRENGTH_NORMAL
 	muzzle_flash_range = MUZZLE_FLASH_RANGE_NORMAL
 	muzzle_flash_color = LIGHT_COLOR_DARKRED