NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot 1 oz – Superb 25 Round Box

Description

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot is the small bird end of the NobelSport high velocity 20 gauge range. One ounce of lead number 8 at 1330 fps, in a 2 3/4 inch hull. Number 8 packs an enormous number of pellets into a one ounce charge, and the extra velocity keeps them lethal a little further out than a standard target load would manage. Twenty five rounds to the box.

• Pellet Count Over Pellet Energy
• NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot Specifications
• Honest Notes on Small Shot

Pellet Count Over Pellet Energy

Doves are small, fast and frustrating, and the answer is pattern density rather than pellet weight. A one ounce charge of number 8 holds far more pellets than the same weight in number 6, and on a bird that presents a target the size of a fist at twenty five yards, more pellets in the pattern is exactly what converts shots into birds.

The 1330 fps velocity is what separates this from an ordinary target load in the same shot size. Number 8 pellets shed velocity quickly because they are light, so starting them faster meaningfully extends the range at which they still carry enough energy to kill cleanly. On a fast crossing dove it also shortens the lead, which is where most people miss.

Where number 8 stops working is on bigger birds and longer shots. A pheasant at thirty five yards deserves a heavier pellet, and this 20 gauge dove load will wound rather than kill at that distance. Match the shot size to the bird honestly and this shell is excellent within its lane.

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot Specifications

NobelSport is an Italian manufacturer with a long history in shotshell production. This is a standard 2 3/4 inch shell suitable for any 20 gauge chambered 2 3/4 inch or longer, and because it is lead shot it is safe in fixed choke guns not rated for steel.

• Manufacturer: NobelSport, Italy
• Line: Heavy Game High Velocity
• Gauge: 20 gauge
• Shell length: 2 3/4 inches
• Payload: 1 ounce of lead shot
• Shot size: number 8
• Muzzle velocity: 1330 fps
• Quantity: 25 rounds per box
• UPC: 837913001981
• Primary use: dove, quail, woodcock and early season upland

Honest Notes on Small Shot

Keep it inside its range. Number 8 lead runs out of useful energy somewhere around thirty yards on anything bigger than a dove, and past thirty five it is simply not enough pellet. If your birds are pheasants or your shots are long, buy the number 6 or number 5 version of this shell instead of hoping pellet count makes up the difference.

Open your choke. Small shot patterns densely and an improved cylinder or skeet constriction is almost always right for dove and quail. Reaching for modified or full with NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot produces a pattern tight enough to miss with on a close bird, which is the opposite of what small shot is for.

High velocity costs recoil and some pattern uniformity. Pushing shot faster deforms slightly more of it on setback, and in a light 20 gauge a hundred rounds at a dove field is a genuine workout. If you shoot high volume, a standard velocity load in the same shot size will be gentler and often patterns just as well inside twenty five yards.

Lead restrictions catch a lot of dove hunters out, because public dove fields are one of the most common places non toxic shot is mandated. Check the specific property regulations before you fill a vest.

The same HV line is stocked in number 6 for general upland and number 5 for late season roosters. NobelSport publishes its catalogue on the NobelSport Ammunition website.

NobelSport 20ga Heavy Game 8 Shot suits dove hunters, quail hunters over pointing dogs and anyone carrying a 20 gauge after small fast birds. MAG5 Firearms is a family owned FFL in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Boxes ship where state and local law allows.