Remington Nitro Steel, 12 Gauge, 3", 1 3/8 oz, 2 Shot Ballistics
3-inch shell • 1 3/8 oz of #2 steel shot
Remington Nitro Steel, 12 Gauge, 3", 1 3/8 oz, 2 Shot Ballistics
3-inch shell • 1 3/8 oz of #2 steel shot
Product Overview
Remington Nitro Steel is a 1 3/8 oz, 3-inch 12-gauge steel load made for waterfowl. Remington loads zinc-coated spherical steel #2 at 1,300 fps, and 1 3/8 oz is the most shot it puts in a 3-inch steel shell.
That 1 3/8 oz comes to about 172 pellets of #2. Free recoil is about 40 ft-lbs in a 7.5 lb gun. Three-inch chambers and longer only, which rules out the older guns cut for 2 3/4-inch shells.
If you're cross-shopping, Kent Fasteel 2.0 carries the same payload and shot size in a 3 1/2-inch hull at 1,550 fps, and that speed brings about 20 ft-lbs more recoil. The 1 1/4 oz Nitro Steel in this hull runs 150 fps faster on about 16 fewer pellets and still kicks about 3 ft-lbs harder than this one.
- The highest pellet count of the 3-inch loads compared, 1 3/8 oz of it in #2
- Nontoxic steel, so federal waterfowl rules are satisfied
- About 73 pellets more than the Kent Fasteel 2.0 BB load compared, at the same payload, speed and recoil
- The slowest of the 3-inch steel loads compared, tied with that Kent BB shell, and steel leans on speed
- Steel does not give in a tight constriction, so an older fixed-choke gun calls for Modified or more open
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