HEVI-Shot Introduces New HEVI-XII Tungsten Waterfowl Loads

More than 20 years ago, HEVI-Shot sought to make a non-toxic waterfowl load that outperformed steel shot. The company ended up with something unexpected: The product not only outperformed steel, it also outperformed lead. As a result, HEVI-Shot’s construction (using a tungsten alloy of 12 grams per cubic centimeter) revolutionized waterfowl ammunition.

Now hunters can get this legendary product in 25-count boxes to shoot on every hunt, not just the hunt of the lifetime, with the company’s new HEVI-XII tungsten waterfowl loads.

“The great thing about this ammunition is you can shoot three shot sizes smaller than you do with steel ammunition and get the same lethality because you’re putting more pellets on target,” says Scott Turner, HEVI-Shot’s product line manager. “HEVI-XII loads also produce twice the downrange energy as steel.”

According to Turner, HEVI-XII outperforms steel in three major categories: density, lethality, and pattern. Because it’s more than 50 percent denser than steel, it penetrates more deeply. That, in turn, should help reduce the chance of a crippled duck swimming away to hide from a retriever. The load has also been designed to put more pellets in a tighter pattern.

“Pack HEVI-XII in, and you’ll walk out carrying extra weight from harvested game,” he says.

The new HEVI-XII loads have muzzle velocities between 1,350 and 1,500 fps and are available in 12and 20-gauge with 7/8ounce, 1-ounce, 11/8-ounce, and 1 1/4ounce loads of No. 2, 4, or 6 size shot.

HEVI-XII shotshells are available in boxes of 25 or cases of 250 rounds. (hevishot.com)