FED GMSHK 28GA 2.75″ #6 25/250

Description

Federal’s Game-Shok Upland Hi-Brass is a working hunter’s load — priced for the volume of shells you burn walking fields behind a dog, built with enough attention to component quality that you’re not trading performance for economy. The 28 gauge has always occupied a particular niche: light enough to carry all day and gentle enough on a fine side-by-side, yet capable of clean kills on quail, woodcock, grouse, and similar upland birds when the shooter does their part. This load is matched to that use case.

The high-brass head distinguishes it from low-brass target and practice loads. A taller brass head supports the additional propellant charge needed to push an ounce of shot at 1,220 fps — a meaningful step up in velocity that extends the effective range slightly and helps the payload arrive with enough energy to anchor a crossing bird rather than just inconvenience it. The one-piece wad is designed to keep the shot column intact through the bore and release it cleanly, which bears directly on how evenly the pattern spreads at typical upland distances.

Shot hardness matters for pattern consistency. Soft lead deforms under the acceleration of firing, and deformed pellets fly erratically, opening gaps in the pattern before it reaches the bird. Federal formulates the round shot in this load for a specific hardness level that limits that deformation, so the pattern you see at thirty yards is tighter and more useful than you’d get from softer, lower-grade shot. A non-corrosive primer means no special cleaning urgency after a wet day in the field. The 25-round box makes it practical to stock by the case for a full season of hunting.