NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot 1 oz – Proven 25 Round Box

Description

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot is NobelSport high velocity take on a classic upland load. The payload is the same one ounce of lead as their standard Heavy Game shell, but the velocity is pushed to 1330 fps. The reasoning is straightforward: in thick cover where a bird appears and disappears in a second, getting the pattern there sooner is worth more than carrying extra pellets. Number 5 shot, twenty five rounds to the box.

• What High Velocity Buys You
• NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot Specifications
• Honest Notes on High Velocity Loads

What High Velocity Buys You

Speed does two things for an upland shooter. It shortens the lead you have to give a crossing bird, which matters when the shot window is a second long, and it delivers each pellet with more energy at the far end of its flight. For grouse in alders, pheasants in cattails and anything else that appears at fifteen yards and is gone at thirty, that combination is genuinely useful.

Number 5 lead is the heavy end of upland shot. It penetrates well on late season roosters with heavy feathers and it carries energy out past forty yards better than 6 or 7.5. What it gives up is pellet count, and in a one ounce 20 gauge load that matters. This is a shell for bigger birds at moderate range rather than a quail load.

The tradeoff for velocity is recoil, and there is no way around it. A 1330 fps one ounce load kicks harder than the same payload at 1200 fps, and in a light 20 gauge upland gun carried all day that is noticeable by the third field. Whether the trade is worth it depends entirely on how your birds behave.

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot Specifications

NobelSport is an Italian manufacturer with a long history in shotshell production. This is a standard 2 3/4 inch shell suitable for any 20 gauge chambered 2 3/4 inch or longer, and because it is lead shot it is safe in fixed choke guns not rated for steel.

• Manufacturer: NobelSport, Italy
• Line: Heavy Game High Velocity
• Gauge: 20 gauge
• Shell length: 2 3/4 inches
• Payload: 1 ounce of lead shot
• Shot size: number 5
• Muzzle velocity: 1330 fps
• Quantity: 25 rounds per box
• UPC: 837913001950
• Primary use: late season pheasant and heavy cover upland

Honest Notes on High Velocity Loads

Faster is not automatically better and it is worth saying so. High velocity loads deform slightly more shot on setback, which can open patterns a little compared with a slower shell of the same payload. If your birds hold for a dog and flush at twenty yards, a standard 1200 fps load will often pattern better and recoil less. The HV line earns its place in fast, close, unpredictable cover.

Number 5 in a one ounce charge is a thin pattern. Roughly speaking you are trading pellet count for pellet energy, and at twenty five yards a number 6 load will put noticeably more pellets on a bird. Pick 5 when the birds are big and the shots are long, and step down when they are not.

Lead shot restrictions apply on a growing number of public properties, including all federal waterfowl production areas even for upland hunting. Check the regulations for the specific ground before filling a vest with NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot.

Supply is worth planning around. NobelSport shotshells are imported and specific loads can disappear from distribution for a season. If this one patterns well in your gun, buy enough in the summer rather than hoping it is on the shelf in October.

The same HV line is stocked in number 6 and number 8 for smaller birds, and the Migra Staxd 20 gauge high brass load is the heavier alternative. NobelSport publishes its catalogue on the NobelSport Ammunition website.

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 5 Shot suits pheasant and late season upland hunters carrying a 20 gauge in heavy cover where shots come fast. MAG5 Firearms is a family owned FFL in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Boxes ship where state and local law allows.