B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot – Great 250 Case

Description

Nobody shoots clays a box at a time. A single round of skeet is 25 targets, a practice session is three or four rounds, and a registered shoot will take you through several boxes before lunch. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is sold by the 250 round case because that is the unit clay shooting actually consumes.

• Number 8 and the close target
• Full specifications
• What a case actually buys you
• Honest notes before you buy
• Italian hulls, and why reloaders care
• The bottom line

Number 8 and the close target

One and an eighth ounces of 8 shot holds roughly 460 pellets against about 390 in 7.5. Seventy extra pellets is a meaningfully fuller pattern, and on a skeet field where nothing is beyond twenty five yards, pattern density is what breaks targets. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is built for exactly those presentations.

The tradeoff is energy at distance. Past about thirty five yards number 8 starts to leave chips instead of dust, which is why trap shooters lean toward 7.5. If your shooting is skeet and close sporting stations, the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is the better of the two.

Full specifications

• Caliber: 12 gauge, 2 3/4 inch shell
• Bullet weight: 1 1/8 ounce of lead, 8 shot grain
• Bullet: 8 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: 250 round case of ten 25 round boxes

1160 feet per second is a moderate target velocity and that is deliberate. The faster loads on the market buy you a small reduction in lead and charge you in recoil, which compounds across a long day. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is loaded where experienced high volume shooters tend to end up.

What a case actually buys you

Two things, and the first is obvious. Cost per round drops. The second matters more to your scores: a case of the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is a single lot number, so the velocity, the pattern and the point of impact stay identical for 250 targets rather than shifting when you open a new box from a different production run.

Clay shooting is a game of small consistent margins. Anything that introduces an unexplained variable is working against you, and mixed ammunition lots are one of the most common. Buying the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot by the case removes it entirely for a whole season of skeet.

Honest notes before you buy

One note for gas gun shooters. A 1 1/8 ounce load at 1160 feet per second is on the mild side, and a few semi automatics with heavy recoil springs can be fussy cycling light target loads when dirty. Run a box of the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot through yours before committing to a case.

This is lead shot and a target load. It is not legal for waterfowl anywhere in the United States, and number 8 has too little energy for upland birds beyond very close range. B&P makes the Upland Game and Upland Classic lines for hunting. Keep the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot for clays.

Italian hulls, and why reloaders care

B&P has been making shotshells in Bologna since 1885 and their hulls have a good reputation among people who load their own. If you reload, the cases from a case of the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot are a genuine asset, and 250 of them from one lot is about as uniform a starting point as you will find.

If you do not reload, the same manufacturing quality shows up as consistent crimps that feed cleanly and consistent velocities that keep your lead picture stable. The B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot is not exotic ammunition, it is simply well made, which is all a target load needs to be.

The bottom line

For skeet and close sporting targets, the B&P Competition One 12ga 1 1/8oz 8 Shot gives you the denser pattern and the case quantity that regular clay shooting demands. 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 8 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 8 Shot is a sensible place to start.