Discontinued
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Remington Sportsman Hi-Speed Steel, 12 Gauge, 3", 1 1/4 oz, 2 Shot Ballistics
3-inch shell • 1 1/4 oz of #2 steel shot
Remington Sportsman Hi-Speed Steel, 12 Gauge, 3", 1 1/4 oz, 2 Shot Ballistics
3-inch shell • 1 1/4 oz of #2 steel shot
Product Overview
Remington Sportsman Hi-Speed Steel is a 1 1/4 oz, 3-inch 12-gauge steel load made for short-range work over decoys in early duck season, and for upland hunting on ground that requires nontoxic shot. The pellets are #2 steel at 1,400 fps. At 7.8 g/cc steel is a good deal lighter than lead, and this line answers that with speed.
There are about 156 pellets of #2 in the charge. Free recoil is about 39 ft-lbs in a 7.5 lb gun. Steel pellets will not squeeze down the way lead does, which is why the guidance for an older fixed-choke gun is nothing tighter than Modified; the failure is a bulged choke.
If you're cross-shopping, the 3-inch Nitro Steel carries the same 1 1/4 oz of #2 50 fps faster for about 3 ft-lbs more recoil in the same gun. Nitro Steel in 1 3/8 oz holds about 16 more pellets at 1,300 fps and lands within half a ft-lb of this load on recoil.
- Steel is nontoxic, which federal rules require for waterfowl and which some upland ground calls for as well
- Remington sells it for early-season decoy shooting, a narrower job than the rest of the steel loads compared
- A 3-inch shell, where the 3 1/2-inch Kent Fasteel 2.0 compared wants a chamber that long
- Remington has discontinued it, so what sits on the shelf is the last of the line
- A 3-inch chamber at minimum, where the 2 3/4-inch Nitro Steel compared fits any 12-gauge
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