B&P Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot – Powerful 1-1/4 oz 1400 fps Load

Description

BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot is the serious end of the Upland Game line. A quarter ounce more payload than a standard field load and 1400 fps at the muzzle puts it firmly in pheasant territory, and the nickel plating keeps that pattern together at the ranges where a rooster usually gets away.

A Genuine Late Season Load

There is a difference between a dove load and a pheasant load, and it comes down to what the bird can absorb. A late season rooster with a heavy coat of feathers takes a great deal more energy to bring down cleanly than a quail does, and he tends to flush at a distance that punishes a marginal shell.

This is a 1400 fps pheasant load carrying 1-1/4 ounces of 6 shot, which is a combination built specifically for that problem. Six shot has enough mass per pellet to penetrate at 40 yards, the heavier payload keeps the pattern dense enough to get several pellets into a bird at that range, and the velocity shortens your lead on a bird that is already moving away fast.

Chukar and late season grouse fall into the same territory BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot was built for, and into the same category. Both are birds that get progressively wilder as the season goes on, and both reward a shell that still works at the far end of your effective range rather than one optimized for close flushes.

BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot Specifications

BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot is a 1-1/4 oz 12 gauge shell in a 2-3/4 inch hull loaded with nickel plated 6 shot at 1400 fps, packed 25 rounds to the box. Note that this is a 2-3/4 inch shell, not a 3 inch magnum. You are getting magnum-class performance out of a standard length case, which means it works in any modern 12 gauge without a chamber question.

Made by Baschieri and Pellagri in Italy, this belongs to a family of Italian upland hunting ammunition rather than a target range. The powder is selected for clean burning at high velocity, which matters when you are pushing a heavy payload fast through a gas gun.

The nickel plated lead shot in BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot is the component that justifies the price. Plated pellets resist deformation in the forcing cone and the choke, so more of them stay round and stay in the pattern. At 40 yards with a heavy payload, the difference between a plated and an unplated load on a pattern board is easy to see.

• Gauge: 12 gauge
• Shell length: 2-3/4 inch
• Shot size: 6
• Shot weight: 1-1/4 oz
• Shot material: nickel plated lead
• Muzzle velocity: 1400 fps
• Primary use: pheasant, chukar and late season upland birds
• Rounds per box: 25
• Manufacturer: Baschieri and Pellagri
• Country of origin: Italy

Recoil, Chokes and Where Lead Is Legal

Be clear-eyed about recoil from BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot. A quarter ounce more shot at 1400 fps out of a 2-3/4 inch hull is a stiff load, and in a light over-under or a fixed-breech pump it kicks hard. A gas-operated semi-automatic absorbs a good deal of it and is the more comfortable platform if you expect to shoot a lot of these. For a walk-up hunt where you fire six shells in a day, any gun will do.

Choke selection should lean tighter than it would for quail. Modified is the sensible default for pheasant over pointing dogs, and improved modified or full makes sense for late season birds flushing wild at 40 yards. This is one of the few upland situations where a tight choke genuinely earns its place.

Lead shot is the caveat that keeps growing with BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot. This load is not legal for waterfowl anywhere in the United States, and an increasing number of state wildlife areas and public upland units now require non toxic shot for all hunting. Check the regulation for the specific unit you plan to hunt rather than the state as a whole, because the rules often vary property by property.

Pheasant, chukar and late season upland hunters who want BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot because they need penetration and pattern density at 40 yards from a standard 2-3/4 inch 12 gauge shell.

For close-flushing birds where you want density rather than reach, the Heavy Dove and Quail 12ga is the lighter, slower option in the same gauge, and where non toxic shot is required the Dual Bismuth 12ga 3 Inch is the legal alternative from the same maker.

Store BP Upland Game 12ga 6 Shot indoors, dry, and off a concrete floor. High velocity loads are no more fragile than any other shotshell, but a hull that has swollen with moisture chambers stiffly, and finding that out on a cold morning with birds in the air is nobody’s idea of a good hunt.