New Upland Game and Turkey Loads for 2023 from HEVI-Shot
HEVI-Shot announces new upland game and wild turkey loads for 2023. These additions include new offerings in HEVI-Shot’s HEVI-18, Magnum Blend, HEVI-Bismuth Upland, and HEVI-Hammer Upland & Dove product lines.
HEVI-18 TSS brings best-in-class performance to the turkey market with 18 g/cc density pellets in No. 7 and 9 shot. The loads provide high pellet counts, long-range lethality, and incredibly tight patterns thanks to the friction-free, sealed-in-the-shell spherical buffer. New loads are now available in reduced-recoil 12- and 20-gauge loads, as well as 28 gauge.
Like the original HEVI-Shot load, Magnum Blend offers three shot sizes (5, 6, and 7) in a single shell. The 12 g/cc cast tungsten lets you drop one shot size from lead for the same lethality. These heavy loads really pack some punch–437 deadly pellets in a single 12-gauge, 3-inch shell. New loads are now available in 3-inch 28 gauge.
Hunters can now hit upland birds harder with the power of 9.6 g/cc HEVI-Bismuth. These Upland loads are safe for classic and modern shotguns and available in a full line of options, including new offerings in 12, 16, 20, and 28 gauge, and .410 bore.
With 15 percent high-density bismuth layered over 85 percent steel pellets, HEVI Hammer packs nearly 50 percent more power than steel at 40 yards. Both bismuth and steel feature the same shot size for the energy that hits like a hammer. New 2-3/4-inch loads are now available in new shot size No. 3, 5, and 7 loads in 12 and 20 gauge.
Jeremy Mallette is co-founder of International Sportsman. An avid hunter and outdoorsman, he has spent more than a decade in the outdoor industry, from hiking and camping to silencers and hunting. His father taught him to shoot at age six, and he received his first firearm at age eight — a 1942 Colt Commando .38 special revolver. He enjoys yearly trips to Kansas for pheasant hunting, spending time with his children at the deer lease, and collecting unique firearms.