Apex Ammo

[deathfoot]

Just some food for thought. The way you store ammo matters. I know a guy that does competition shotgun shoots. He has an easy 3 grand in his gun. He was complaining to me about slight shifts in impact from shot to shot, and it was enough to keep him out of the money. Per their rules, they have to shoot the ammo supplied to them at the shoot. I told him to take his shells from now on time and tap the base on the table a few times before he loaded up. He is winning money now. Storing shells on their sides will have a negative effect. Over time, the buffer and pellets will settle on the bottom side.

I have now turned my boxes of apex so they aren't sideways. Not sure if this will help but I don't see how it can hurt so I did it. Thank you.

[ShortMagFan]

After the 2021 season I bought a box of every brand TSS I could and patterned them all thru several chokes

Found the magic combo of one brand that consistently put 350+ in the 10". But of course post covid ammo shortage and it was out of stock

Well it came back in stock before the 2022 season and I bought 10 boxes. Did not pattern even close to the same. So had to start over finding a choke that shot that load well in my gun

I've still never gotten back to the patterns I was getting from the 2021 shells. Just to make sure I wasn't crazy I shot my last two of the 2021 shells last spring thru the gun/choke that did beat with them. And for sure just like I remembered, 350+ in the 10"

Long winded way of saying if you find something that shoots to your liking, buy a bunch of the same batch. Components can be identical but a small variation on powder or wad or crimp that the manufacturer may or may not know about can change a lot


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[joey46]

I wish I had bought a lifetime supply of the 2007 run of old white Hevi 13 in #6 shot.  Nothing patterned more consistent in my 12 ga than that shell.  Of course now to buy a bunch of new TSS requires a bank loan. My 12 is going back on a lead diet for it's remaining days.

[zelmo1]

Mrs Z questioned why it took so long to load up a few TSS as opposed to my trap loads. Answer is simple, trap shooting is a volume sport, killing turkeys cleanly is a consistent result sport. My wording sux but you get the idea. I measure my powder and shot so they are identical or at .001+ or -. We shoot our guns a lot and usually it in not a painful experience to get back to zero. On the dedicated turkey guns, no removing or changing anythin, it is usually 3 shots and done. On my SBE 28 it can be a little longer due to the removal of the green dot so I can shoot ducks. Good luck and shoot a lot, Z