Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 Shot – Reliable 250 Round Case

Description

Sporting clays punishes a shooter who brings the wrong load to a station. The Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 shot is Winchester answer to the close, fast, edge-on targets where a dense pattern of small pellets beats a handful of large ones. This listing is the full 250 round case, ten boxes of twenty-five.

• What the AA Super Sport Hull Actually Does
• Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 Shot Specifications
• Honest Notes on #9 Shot

What the AA Super Sport Hull Actually Does

Winchester introduced the AA hull in 1965 and has spent six decades refining it rather than replacing it. The Super Sport version uses a one-piece plastic wad and a low brass head, and it is built to a tighter tolerance than the general-purpose AA target line. That matters most in a gas gun, where an out-of-round hull is the difference between a clean cycle and a stoppage on the second bird of a report pair.

The 3-1/4 dram equivalent charge pushes 1-1/8 ounces of shot to 1300 feet per second. That is genuinely fast for a target load, and it buys shorter lead on crossers without moving into the recoil range that wears a shooter down over a hundred birds. Registered shooters have been running this exact recipe at sporting clays and skeet events for years, which is the practical endorsement that matters.

Because the case pack is ten boxes, the Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 shot arrives with a single lot number across all 250 rounds. Consistent lot means consistent point of impact, and it removes one variable from a day when the wind is already supplying plenty.

Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 Shot Specifications

A pattern board tells the story of the Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 shot better than any spec sheet. Number 9 shot runs roughly 585 pellets to the ounce, so a 1-1/8 ounce charge sends about 658 pellets downrange. Nothing else in the 12 gauge target catalog puts that many holes in a pattern. On skeet stations where the clay is inside twenty-two yards, and on the fast close presentations sporting clays course designers love, pattern density beats pellet energy every time.

The hull itself is worth mentioning separately. AA brass and plastic hold up to repeated reloading better than most factory target shells, and reloaders routinely get five or more firings from a Super Sport case before the crimp gives up. If you load your own, the empty hulls from this case are an asset rather than trash.

Winchester loads these in Oxford, Mississippi, with a 209 primer and lead shot. The California Proposition 65 warning on the box refers to that lead content, which is expected on any conventional target shell.

• Gauge: 12 gauge
• Shell length: 2-3/4 inch
• Shot size: #9 lead
• Shot charge: 1-1/8 ounce
• Dram equivalent: 3-1/4
• Muzzle velocity: 1300 feet per second
• Primer: 209
• Brass height: low brass
• Rounds per box: 25
• Boxes per case: 10, total 250 rounds
• Manufacturer part number: AASC129
• UPC: 020892016408

Honest Notes on #9 Shot

Buy the Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 shot if you shoot skeet, or if your sporting clays club sets a lot of close rabbit, teal and battue presentations. The pellet count gives you margin on targets that break easily but move fast.

Skip it for anything past thirty-five yards. Number 9 pellets bleed velocity quickly, and on a long crosser you will chip clays instead of smoking them. For those stations a 7-1/2 or 8 load is the honest answer, and Winchester makes both in the same hull.

Also skip it for field use on anything larger than dove. The Winchester AA Super Sport 12GA 1-1/8oz #9 shot is a target load, not a hunting load. This is a target load, not a hunting load, and the 1-1/8 ounce of #9 lead is not legal for waterfowl anywhere in the United States.

Different station, different pellet: the Winchester AA 12GA 1-1/8oz 7.5 reaches farther on long crossers, while the Winchester AA 12GA 1-1/8oz #8 splits the difference for a mixed course. Winchester publishes full AA shotshell specifications on its own site.

MAG5 Firearms ships target shotshells by the case and can help match shot size to the course you actually shoot. Ask before you order if you are unsure whether your club allows 1-1/8 ounce loads.