FED GAME LOAD 16GA 2 3/4 #7.5 25/250

Description

Federal’s Game Load is a straightforward upland hunting shell built around consistent performance across a wide range of game birds and hunting conditions. Whether you’re walking pheasant cover, pushing quail, or working grouse through the timber, this load is designed to handle the variety a full season throws at you without requiring you to swap ammunition for different situations.

The shot charge is formed from lead shot sized at #7.5, which strikes a practical balance for upland work — fine enough to deliver dense patterns at typical flushing distances, yet carrying sufficient energy to anchor birds cleanly. The one-piece wad design keeps the payload together through the bore and controls separation at the muzzle, which directly supports pattern consistency. Shot hardness matters here too: rounder, harder pellets deform less under the violence of ignition and setback, so more of them fly true rather than straying to the pattern’s fringes.

The propellant and primer combination Federal specifies for this load prioritizes reliable ignition across temperature swings — a practical concern when early-season hunts run warm and late-season hunts do not. The brass-plated steel head provides structural integrity through feeding and extraction in semi-automatic shotguns, where case condition affects cycling reliability more directly than it does in a break-action.

At 1,165 feet per second, the muzzle velocity sits in a range that manages felt recoil well in a 16-gauge platform, which matters across a long day of walking. Each box contains 25 rounds, and the case packs 250 rounds total — enough to cover pre-season patterning and the hunting days that follow without ordering again mid-season.