B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot – Great Clay Load

Description

If you shoot registered targets you already know that 1 1/8 ounce of 7.5 shot is the standard, and that the difference between target loads is consistency rather than ballistics. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot is B&P’s competition offering at 1160 feet per second, which is the moderate velocity most serious clay shooters have settled on.

• Why 1160 and not 1250
• Full specifications
• Trap, skeet and sporting clays
• Honest notes before you buy
• Semi automatics and light loads
• The bottom line

Why 1160 and not 1250

Faster target loads exist and they sell well, but velocity costs recoil and recoil costs scores over a long day. At 1160 feet per second the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot gives up perhaps a foot of lead at forty yards compared to a 1250 load, and gives back noticeably less punishment across 200 targets.

Shooters who run high volume events tend to drift toward moderate velocity for exactly this reason. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot breaks targets perfectly well, and your second hundred is where the difference shows up in the scorecard rather than on the pattern board.

Full specifications

• Caliber: 12 gauge, 2 3/4 inch shell
• Bullet weight: 1 1/8 ounce of lead, 7.5 shot grain
• Bullet: 7.5 shot target load
• Muzzle velocity: 1160 fps
• Muzzle energy: not published for shotshells ft-lbs
• Ballistic coefficient (G1): not applicable to shotshells
• Case: reloadable boxer primed brass
• Quantity: 20 rounds per box
• Part number: 12B32CP7, 25 rounds per box

B&P has been making shotshells in Italy since 1885 and their hulls are well regarded by reloaders for exactly that reason. If you load your own, the cases from the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot are worth saving. If you do not, the quality shows up as consistent crimps and consistent velocities, which is what a target shell is supposed to deliver.

Trap, skeet and sporting clays

7.5 shot at 1 1/8 ounce is the default across all three disciplines, which is why the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot works everywhere. Trap targets are going away and need the energy. Sporting presentations can be long. Skeet is close enough that 8 is often preferred, but 7.5 covers it comfortably.

If you shoot more than one discipline, using the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot for all of them means the gun handles identically every time and you are not adjusting for a different load between events. That consistency is worth more than optimizing each discipline separately.

Honest notes before you buy

Buying by the case is the sensible approach if you shoot regularly, because one lot number keeps your patterns and your point of impact identical across a season. Clay shooting is a game of small consistent margins, and changing ammunition lots mid season introduces a variable you do not need.

This is a target load and lead shot, which means two things. It is not legal for waterfowl anywhere in the United States, and it is not built as a hunting shell. B&P makes the Upland Game and Upland Classic lines for birds. Keep the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot for clays and buy a hunting shell for the field.

Semi automatics and light loads

A 1 1/8 ounce load at 1160 feet per second is on the milder side, and some gas operated semi automatics are fussy about cycling light target loads, particularly when dirty. Most modern guns handle the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot without complaint, but if yours has a reputation for needing heavier loads, run a box before buying a case.

Over unders and pumps have no such concern, which is most of what gets used on a clays course anyway. In a break action gun the reduced recoil of the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot is pure benefit with no reliability question attached.

The bottom line

For trap, skeet and sporting clays, the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot is a well made Italian target load at the velocity most experienced shooters prefer. You can read more about the bullet design at swiftbullets.com, or browse the rest of our stock on the MAG5 Firearms ammunition page.

MAG5 Firearms keeps the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot in stock and moving, and we are glad to talk through bullet choice before you order. If you are working up a load for a new rifle, a single box of the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 7.5 Shot is a sensible place to start.