FED HI-BIRD 12GA 2.75″ #5 25/250

Description

Federal’s Hi-Bird load is built around the demands of driven and tower shoots, where birds come fast, angles are steep, and a shooter may cycle through several boxes in a single afternoon. The 1-1/4 oz payload of #5 shot gives you enough pellet count and individual pellet mass to carry energy into crossing birds at the kind of distances that put lighter target loads at a disadvantage, without stepping up to a heavier field load that accumulates fatigue over a long day.

The 2-3/4″ hull keeps it compatible with the full range of fixed and over-under actions, and the 1,330 fps muzzle velocity sits in a range that patterns well through modified and improved-modified chokes — fast enough to shorten lead calculations on going-away birds, measured enough that patterns don’t blow open prematurely at the muzzle. For shooters who manage recoil carefully through a long day of driven bird shooting, that velocity figure also represents a reasonable compromise between downrange performance and shooter comfort across high round counts.

Boxed in 25-round increments and cased in 10-box lots, Hi-Bird is practical for the volume shooting that upland and preserve seasons demand. Federal’s hard shot and consistent powder charges support repeatable patterns from box to box, which matters when you’re dialing in a choke-and-load combination for a specific gun. This is an honest working load, not a premium speciality shell — priced and built for the shooter who measures a good season in cases rather than boxes.