January 25, 2018
By Lynn Burkhead
With spring turkey season just around the corner, OSG senior digital editor Lynn Burkhead was all ears as Steve Nelson of Winchester Ammunition talked about the new Winchester Xtended Range Bismuth turkey load at Industry Day at the Range prior to the start of SHOT Show 2018.
Built on the performance legacy of the company's previous Xtended Range loads, this year's Bismuth version utilizes ShotLok Technology and Bismuth to give turkey hunters - and waterfowlers and upland wingshooters - a high-performance load to use in places where lead shot isn't permitted.
Thanks to a density that is greater than steel, bismuth brings superb penetration right off the bat. Add in Winchester's ShotLok Technology and the result is a shot load that doesn't fracture, hits downrange with a superb pattern, and delivers great energy to the target.
In fact, the company says that the new Xtended Range Bismuth turkey load puts twice the number of pellets into a 20-inch circle at 60-yards.
Advertisement
After testing the new Winchester turkey load on the Industry Day shooting range, consider the OSG editorial crew as convinced!
Lynn Burkhead
Outdoor Writer
Lynn Burkhead is an outdoor writer who lives in Denison, Texas. A former editor and senior writer for ESPNOutdoors.com, Grandview Media Group, Major League Fishing, and Outdoor Sportsman Group, Burkhead's byline has appeared in numerous national, regional, and state publications and websites. After graduating from the University of North Texas, he began writing weekly about the outdoors for the local newspaper, something he has now done for 35+ years. Burkhead also works in radio, being a former News and Sports Director as well as the longtime radio play-by-play voice for the hometown Yellow Jackets football team. He and his wife Charissa have three adult children, a son-in-law and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. In addition to his time spent writing, you can often find Lynn slipping out the back door into the wilds of creation, fly fishing for big largemouth bass, bowhunting for whitetails, duck hunting, spring turkey hunting, and trying to figure out his new love for upland bird hunting.
Full Bio + |
See more articles from Lynn Burkhead
