I've heard about 'donut' patterns for years.
Has anyone actually seen such a thing on a pattern sheet or pattern plate?
Lead pellets have tremendous inertia compared to the card or plastic X wads or dividers that we use to spread the shot a little.
I have a real hard time believing there is any way to throw a pattern without a center or a center weak enough to not be sufficient.
And if you think about it, even if you could engineer such a thing the edges would immediately start to spread to fill the center.
Show me a donut, and I'll show you a cop on a break.