B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot – Great Classic Load

Description

Three quarters of an ounce is the payload the 28 gauge was built around, and there is a strong argument that it is where the gauge shoots best. The B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot is that classic load with a bit more speed behind it, 1300 feet per second instead of the usual 1200, in the most versatile pellet size for upland birds.

• Why the traditional payload still wins
• Full specifications
• Grouse, quail and the walking gun
• Honest notes before you buy
• Three quarter ounce or a full ounce
• The bottom line

Why the traditional payload still wins

The 28 gauge patterns unusually well for its payload, and the most credible explanation is the short, stable shot column that three quarters of an ounce produces in a 0.550 bore. Load it heavier and you lengthen that column. The B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot keeps the classic payload and the patterning advantage that comes with it.

You also get very little recoil. Three quarters of an ounce out of a five and a half pound gun is genuinely gentle, which means you shoot the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot better on the twentieth flush of the day than you would a heavier load. Nobody ever missed a bird because their shell was too comfortable.

Full specifications

• Caliber: 28 gauge, 2 3/4 inch shell
• Bullet weight: 3/4 ounce of lead, 6 shot grain
• Bullet: 6 shot hunting load
• Muzzle velocity: 1300 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: 25 rounds per box

The 1300 feet per second figure is worth noticing, because it is a hundred feet per second faster than the heavier loads in the same line. Speed shortens your lead slightly and flattens the pattern’s time of flight, and with a light payload the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot buys that without a recoil penalty worth mentioning.

Grouse, quail and the walking gun

This is the shell for the gun you carry all day. Ruffed grouse, quail, early season pheasant, huns. Six shot has enough energy for all of them inside thirty yards, and the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot holds roughly 170 pellets, which patterns adequately at the ranges cover shooting presents.

It is also a good load for a young or small framed shooter learning on a 28 gauge. The recoil from the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot is mild enough that they can focus on the bird and the mount rather than on the gun, which is how good habits form.

Honest notes before you buy

Modified choke suits it well at these ranges, and improved cylinder is better still in thick cover. With 170 pellets you want to hold them together a little, but not so much that a close flush becomes unmissable in the wrong direction.

The limits are the usual ones. Lead shot is not legal for waterfowl anywhere in the United States and is prohibited outright on some public land. And three quarters of an ounce is a modest payload, so keep your shots inside thirty yards with the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot rather than stretching it at a departing rooster.

Three quarter ounce or a full ounce

B&P makes both in this gauge and the choice comes down to your birds and your gun. The full ounce load carries a third more shot and hits harder at thirty five yards. The B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot patterns more consistently, recoils less and shoots faster. On grouse and quail the lighter load is usually the better tool.

If your season is mostly pheasant, take the heavier one. If it is mostly cover birds and you value how the gun feels over a long day, the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot is the one to carry. Plenty of shooters keep both and pick in the morning based on where they are going.

The bottom line

For the 28 gauge you carry all day after grouse and quail, the B&P Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot is the classic load and still the one that suits the gauge best. 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 Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 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 Upland Game 28ga 3/4oz 6 Shot is a sensible place to start.