Description
Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot is a 3 inch shell that puts two very different pellet types in the same hull. One and five sixteenths of an ounce leaves at 1,400 feet per second as a mix of number 2 steel and number 7.5 tungsten super shot, twenty five rounds to the box, factory code W3-2.
Why Mixing Two Pellet Sizes Makes Sense
Tungsten super shot runs around 18 grams per cubic centimetre, against roughly 11.3 for lead and 7.8 for steel. That density is why a tiny number 7.5 TSS pellet carries more energy downrange than a much larger steel pellet, and why TSS has changed what people consider a reasonable range on ducks and geese.
The problem with pure TSS is that the pellets are small and expensive, and at close range you are paying premium prices to put a very dense pattern into a bird twenty yards away. Blending solves that. The number 2 steel gives the wide, forgiving pattern you want on decoying birds, and the number 7.5 TSS carries the lethality out to the birds that flare and swing wide.
That is the whole argument for Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot. One shell that does not force you to choose between a close decoy load and a long range load, which matters when you cannot control which bird presents itself.
Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot Specifications
The published numbers for Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot come from Apex Ammunition, a Mississippi loader that handcrafts its tungsten shotshells rather than running them on a mass production line. Note that Apex Ammunition is a separate company from Apex Tactical Specialties, the handgun trigger maker, and the two are frequently confused in distributor catalogues.
Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot is lead free non toxic shot, which means it is legal for waterfowl hunting nationwide and on the federal refuges and state areas that require non toxic loads for upland birds as well.
The store listing previously omitted the shell length. This is a 3 inch shell and will not chamber in a 2-3/4 inch only gun. Check your chamber before ordering.
- Gauge: 12 gauge
- Shell length: 3 inch
- Payload: 1-5/16 ounces
- Shot: number 2 S3 steel blended with number 7.5 tungsten super shot
- Velocity: 1,400 fps
- Shot type: lead free, non toxic
- Manufacturer code: W3-2
- UPC: 850010408262
- Packaging: 25 rounds per box
What to Know Before You Shoot Tungsten
Check your choke before shooting Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot. Tungsten super shot is harder than steel and much harder than lead, and it should only be fired through a choke rated for steel or specifically for TSS. An old fixed full choke or a lead only aftermarket tube can be damaged, and at best will pattern badly. If you are unsure what your choke is rated for, ask the maker before you shoot tungsten through it.
Pattern Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot before the season. TSS blends pattern differently from a straight steel load, and the whole point of paying for tungsten is reach, which you cannot claim without seeing it on paper. Shoot a pattern board at the distance you expect to take birds and count pellets in a thirty inch circle.
Price is the honest drawback of Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot. Tungsten costs many times what steel does, and a box of this is not a load you will pattern casually or shoot at clays. Buy a box, pattern a few, hunt the rest. For volume practice, a plain steel target load such as our Fiocchi 12 gauge steel target shell costs a fraction as much and keeps your swing honest.
Do not treat reach as an excuse for long shots you cannot make. TSS extends the range at which a well centred pattern kills cleanly. It does not improve your lead, your swing or your ability to judge distance over water, and a crippled bird at fifty five yards is still a crippled bird.
If you shoot a smaller gauge, the same blend is offered in 20 gauge. Our 20 gauge TSS steel blend carries 1-1/8 ounces in the same 3 inch format.
Apex Waterfowl TSS Blend 12ga 2 Shot is for the waterfowler who wants one shell that handles decoying birds and the ones that hang up out wide, and who is willing to pay for tungsten to get it. Confirm your choke rating first, pattern it, and it will do things a straight steel load cannot. Ships from our licensed inventory in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, with adult signature required on delivery.
One more note on handling. Tungsten shells are heavy for their size and the boxes are dense, which surprises people the first time they load a blind bag. Twenty five rounds of this weighs noticeably more than twenty five rounds of steel, and it is worth accounting for if you are walking a long way in.
Store them dry. Non toxic shotshells are no more fragile than lead loads, but a damp blind bag over a season will swell crimps on any hull.
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