New shotgun load???

[BINK McCARTY]

  Anyone heard of Boss Tom shotshells? Supposed to be a # 6.5 pellet () weighing 13g/cc ? Made in America  and between $25-$30 / box for the 12 , and $25 for the 20 @ 5 shells per box.

[Turkeytider]

No, and not sure I see any advantage to Hevi 13 based on the description.

[DBell]

Anyone heard of Boss Tom shotshells? Supposed to be a # 6.5 pellet () weighing 13g/cc ? Made in America  and between $25-$30 / box for the 12 , and $25 for the 20 @ 5 shells per box.

Would be interesting to try as a hevishot alternative at the same price. I was reading they use ground walnut shells as buffer


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[TrackeySauresRex]

Here's the link.

https://bossshotshells.com/boss-tom-shells/

[Deputy 14]

May make a good waterfowl shell too. Cheaper than Hevi Duck.

[DBell]

I sent these guys a message on their Instagram to ask how the 20 gauge load does. He replied with "Brandon is gonna head outside and take a patterning video for you right now." Stay tuned


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[BINK McCARTY]

No, and not sure I see any advantage to Hevi 13 based on the description.

Well it does weigh more...not much but more.

[BINK McCARTY]

I sent these guys a message on their Instagram to ask how the 20 gauge load does. He replied with "Brandon is gonna head outside and take a patterning video for you right now." Stay tuned


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Look forward to that!!!

[DBell]

I sent these guys a message on their Instagram to ask how the 20 gauge load does. He replied with "Brandon is gonna head outside and take a patterning video for you right now." Stay tuned


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Look forward to that!!!

Alright this is pretty cool. These guys took the time to go shoot a pattern and send me the video. I took a screen shot of the 40 yard pattern from the end of the video. You could see and hear the wind rippin a fair bit in the video and it's cold as all heck where they are. You can tell most of the shot is in a 20 inch circle (with the majority in the 10). He flips the target around because the POI was off and that's why I took the screen shot when he shows the back of the target;you can see the pattern better).

Choke is a Carlson .575



Props to these guys for going above and beyond. Might order a few boxes just because that was awesome.




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[nyhunter]

  Looks like a darn nice pattern to me

[BINK McCARTY]

Talked to Brandon on the phone a little bit ago and man was he helpful!!!! He was telling me a little about the product the how and where it's made and mainly it's made in the USA I truly believe that these fellas are onto something here and are very eager to get what I think is gonna be a great alternative to those that want a little more downrange energy than hevi-shot but obviously not as much as TSS but also without the pricetag of TSS into the hands of us turkey hunters.I guess we will see!!!

[jrmcclure]

Boss bird shells are $6 a shell plus shipping. They may be great guys, but I see lead being the tried and true proven economy load and those that used to shoot hevi can now shoot hw or tss for roughly the same cost. I see two groups around me. Set in there way lead shooters and those that want performance and willing to pay for it. Hevi shots just not leading the pack no more.

Winchester xx $1.20 a shell
Longbeard xr $1.80 a shell
Federal hw 7's $3 a shell
20 gauge 1 5/8oz #9 tss. $5.40 a shell
12 gauge 3" 1 3/4oz #9's tss $7.00 a shell

[jrmcclure]

I wish someone would come out with a #7.5 or #8 hw 15g/cc load and priced right. If boss tom would load up a 12 gauge 2oz load of hw 8's I'd have to try a few box's. They got creative and went to the 6.5 hevi, but if hw 8's are possible I think it would get some attention for sure.

[DBell]

Talked to Brandon on the phone a little bit ago and man was he helpful!!!! He was telling me a little about the product the how and where it's made and mainly it's made in the USA I truly believe that these fellas are onto something here and are very eager to get what I think is gonna be a great alternative to those that want a little more downrange energy than hevi-shot but obviously not as much as TSS but also without the pricetag of TSS into the hands of us turkey hunters.I guess we will see!!!

You're also getting 1 1/2 oz payload vs hevi shot 1 1/4. I was told 207-210 pellets per ounce. So just over 300 total. Not too bad sounding.


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[BINK McCARTY]

I wish someone would come out with a #7.5 or #8 hw 15g/cc load and priced right. If boss tom would load up a 12 gauge 2oz load of hw 8's I'd have to try a few box's. They got creative and went to the 6.5 hevi, but if hw 8's are possible I think it would get some attention for sure.

Now THAT is a GRRRRREAT sounding idea!!! I love the Boss Tom idea but I have been hung up on the Federal Heavyweight load since its inception but let's face it there are just not too many choke tubes it shot well with because of that stinkin FCW and now federal has left the 15g/cc shot behind and moved on to the TSS world. But I think the sphero tungsten is a great compromise between hevi and TSS.