HEVI-Shot Ammunition Unveils NEW HEVI-Hammer Waterfowl Load
Adam Scepaniak 11.27.23
If you are of the most die-hard of the die-hard waterfowl hunters and you still are bagging limits heading into the frigid months of December, you may want to check out what HEVI-Shot Ammunition has recently announced. They now have some more offerings via their HEVI-Hammer waterfowl load line of ammunition in a 12 Gauge 3 1/2″ #2 shot. More payload to equate to more filled limits and more waterfowl meat in your freezer.
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HEVI-Shot’s line of HEVI-Hammer ammunition is alloyed and loaded in Sweet Home, Oregon, USA. It features all-season reliability, improved cold-weather performance, quality components, a hotter primer, and clean-burning propellants. They come in traditional 25-round boxes at an MSRP of $43.99 each. The rest of the specifications can be read below as presented by HEVI-Shot:
- Leading 15 percent layer is HEVI-Bismuth alloyed and cast in Sweet Home, Oregon
- Precision steel makes up 85 percent of the payload
- HEVI-Bismuth delivers 38 percent more lethal range over steel with No. 2 and 3 shot, and 41 percent more with No. 4
- More clean kills at longer distances
- Improved cold-weather performance
Sweet Home, Oregon – November, 2023 – HEVI-Shot is proud to release a new product line addition to its HEVI-Hammer Waterfowl load lineup. The new option is a 12-gauge, 1 1/2-ounce, 3 1/2-inch, shot size No. 2 load set at a muzzle velocity of 1,500 feet-per-second (fps). With this new load, HEVI-Shot’s HEVI-Hammer Waterfowl product line now consists of six total options: four 12-gauge and two 20-gauge.
HEVI-Hammer loads consist of layered bismuth pellets (15 percent of the payload) over steel pellets (85-percent). Stacked bismuth (15-percent) over steel (85-percent) payloads deliver more clean kills at longer ranges compared to straight steel payloads HEVI-Bismuth pellets deliver 38-percent more lethal yardage over steel with No. 2 and 3 shot and 41-percent more with No. 4. These design elements give hunters more range with added density, tighter patterns, and improved shot strings.
“Go big or go home,” said HEVI-Shot product manager Scott Turner. “We took our top-selling 3-inch loads in our HEVI-Hammer Waterfowl line and stretched them out to have heavier payloads and blistering velocities. The new 3-1/2-inch load is absolutely devastating on snow geese and other high-flying waterfowl targets.”
HEVI-Shot’s mantra is getting the most effective payload downrange to ensure more humane harvests as well as more abundant harvests of wild birds. The HEVI-Hammer line of ammunition with this additional SKU Being added in definitely delivers on that aim. As always, let us know all of your thoughts about HEVI-Shot and HEVI-Hammer in the thoughts below! We always appreciate your feedback.
