HEVI-Shot Ammunition Adds HEVI-Metal Xtreme 12 Gauge #2 & BB Shot

Waterfowl season is in full swing and so is HEVI-Shot Ammunition. They have been announcing new upland bird loads, turkey offerings, and of course, more ammo selections for goose and duck hunters. Their newest offering comes to us via their HEVI-Metal Xtreme line with a new 12 Gauge dual shot loading of #2 and BB shot sizes. This 1 1/4 ounce, 3″ load is cruising at 1,450 FPS (feet per second). With this newly added load, HEVI-Shot’s HEVI-Metal Xtreme product line now consists of five total options: three 12-gauge and two 20-gauge.

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HEVI-Metal Xtreme is alloyed and loaded in Sweet Home, Oregon, USA boasting all-season reliability, quality components, a hotter primer, and clean-burning propellant. All of the HEVI-Metal Xtreme offerings come in 25-round boxes with MSRPs around $59.99 per box. HEVI-Shot elaborates on their newest waterfowl offering through their Press Release statement below:

Sweet Home, Oregon – October 17th, 2023 – “HEVI-Metal Xtreme in Shot Size 2 and BB targets geese and other larger sized waterfowl,” said HEVI-Shot Product Manager Scott Turner. “This load features our original HEVI-Shot 12g/cc density tungsten shot stacked on top of precision steel pellets. That leading layer of 12 g/cc density tungsten hits 53-percent harder than the steel layer. This combination of shot materials and shot sizes certainly makes for an extremely powerful load, and I am sure diehard hunters will agree.”
HEVI-Shot’s all-new HEVI-Metal Xtreme loads feature a layer of HEVI-Shot’s original 12 g/cc HEVI-XII tungsten pellets (30 percent) stacked over steel pellets (70 percent) in the same shell. The new loads also feature the FLITECONTROL FLEX wad for consistent long-range patterns and is set to a high muzzle velocity.
Two product design elements really make this new product stand out: The dense, 12 g/cc tungsten pellets are three shot sizes smaller than the steel pellets to ensure the two layers of different shot types have similar downrange performance. The FLIGHTCONTROL FLEX wad is a rear-braking wad designed to improve pattern density and consistency. It can be used with any steel-rated choke—ported or non-ported alike.

By coupling two different shot sizes, like #2 and BB shot in their newest offering, if you have multiple distinct payloads to deliver a meaningful impact at varying distances on birds. This equates to more humanely downed waterfowl, more limits bagged, and fuller freezers. As always, let us know all of your thoughts on HEVI-Shot Ammunition in the Comments below! We always appreciate your feedback.

Adam Scepaniak