Federal Premium Shells

[bigg cheese]

I'm new to shell purchasing so I bought a ton of birdshot, and am working on "a little bit of everything else" just so I can get an idea what does what.

I picked up a 10-shell box of "Turkey" load, description below:

Our HEAVYWEIGHT shot features a density of 15 grams per cubic centimeter—a third more dense than lead. When combined with our patented FLITECONTROL® wad you get tight patterns and lethal shot that allows you to take birds a little bit beyond your typical range. Try the #7 shot for more pellets on target—it matches the density of a #5 lead pellet out to 40-yards.

What's so great about this compared to other shot? I picked up 10 00buckshot same brand yesterday for about 15, and the turkey load cost 43 bucks.

 

[Richard]

Just like it advertises, it'll keep a tighter pattern at longer ranges, which could mean a turkey roasting in the oven instead of a day wasted dressed head to to in camo.

 

[jforrest]

Like Richard said and since the pellets are heaver you can use a smaller size pellet to achieve the same energy on the target. Because the pellets are smaller this means you can fit more pellets into the shell, which puts more pellets on the target. Basically they are better than just lead, but also quite a bit more expensive. haha

 

[bft131]

I have kept turkey load in the trench gun since I bought it......