B&P Competition One 12ga 8 Shot – Powerful 250 Round Case

Description

BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot is the finer-pellet half of the Competition One case pairing. Same hull, same 1-1/8 ounce payload, same 1230 fps, but 8 shot instead of 7.5. That single change moves the shell toward density and away from reach, and for a lot of clay shooting that is the better trade.

The Case for 8 Shot

Eight shot puts roughly 410 pellets in a 1-1/8 ounce load against about 350 for 7.5. Those extra sixty pellets fill the gaps in a pattern, and a filled pattern is what turns a slightly imperfect lead into a broken target. On anything inside 35 yards, density beats energy every time.

Skeet is the obvious home for BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot and the dense pattern it throws for a dense skeet and trap pattern of this kind. Every station on a skeet field is inside 25 yards, and there is no presentation where 7.5 shot has an advantage. Trap from the 16 yard line is similar, and the closer stands on a sporting course favor 8 shot as well.

Where BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot gives ground is distance. Lighter pellets shed velocity faster, so by 40 yards the individual pellets in this load are carrying noticeably less energy. If your sporting course leans on long crossers or high tower targets, the 7.5 version of the same shell is the right tool.

BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot Specifications

BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot is a 1-1/8 oz 1230 fps load in a 2-3/4 inch 12 gauge hull with 8 lead shot, packed 25 rounds to the box and sold as a case of 250 target shells. Those dimensions meet the rules for registered skeet and trap in the United States and for most European disciplines.

Made by Baschieri and Pellagri in Italy, the Competition One line covers the everyday end of a range that also includes premium competition loads. These are Italian target shotshells built to a price that makes volume shooting realistic, without the inconsistency that usually comes with cheap ammunition.

Hull and crimp consistency on BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot is the practical reason to care. A gas-operated semi-automatic fed 250 rounds in a weekend will find any dimensional variation in a shell, usually at the worst possible moment. B and P has been making shotshells since 1885 and this is a part of the business it has thoroughly worked out.

• Gauge: 12 gauge
• Shell length: 2-3/4 inch
• Shot size: 8
• Shot weight: 1-1/8 oz
• Shot material: lead
• Muzzle velocity: 1230 fps
• Rounds per box: 25
• Boxes per case: 10
• Total rounds per case: 250
• Manufacturer: Baschieri and Pellagri
• Country of origin: Italy

Buying and Keeping a Case

A case is roughly 45 pounds and needs somewhere sensible to live. Off the floor, indoors, out of large temperature swings. Shotshells stored properly last decades; shotshells stored in a hot garage or a damp basement lose that reliability faster than most shooters expect, and the first symptom is usually a hangfire rather than an obvious failure.

Buying BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot by the case also locks in a single lot number across 250 rounds. That consistency is genuinely useful if you are working on timing or breaking in a new gun, because it removes one variable from the equation. Velocity differences between lots are small, but they are not zero, and they show up exactly when you are trying to diagnose something else.

The honest limitation is the same one that applies to any 8 shot load. It is a close and medium range shell. It will not fix a long crosser, and no choke will make it one. Shooters who want a single case to cover a varied sporting course usually land on 7.5 instead and accept the thinner pattern on the close stands.

Skeet and trap shooters who want BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot, and sporting clays competitors on close-target courses, who shoot enough volume to justify buying a full case at a time.

For longer presentations the Competition One 12ga 7.5 is the same case in a coarser pellet, and if your club asks for biodegradable wadding the Next 12ga 8 Shot Green Core matches this pellet size with a wad designed to break down.

Confirm your gun is happy with these before ordering BP Competition One 12ga 8 Shot in bulk. Any gas semi-automatic rated for standard target loads will run them, but a gun tuned for light 24 gram international shells may want a spring change. One box answers that question cheaply.