New Waterfowl load for ducks and geese from Winchester

Blind Side is a new water fowl ammunition from Winchester that is set to hit store shelves real soon. Technology continues to help improve the non lead shot options for waterfowl hunting and if the hype I’m hearing about Blind Side is true this will be a great addition to the blind bag this fall.

Key Features of Blind Side™ Ammunition

• High Packing Density
With the unique shape of HEX™ Shot, we can literally pack the shot into the wad shot cup more efficiently to give the hunter up to 15 percent more shot pellets per shell.

• Hex™ Steel Shot
Six-sided, multiple-edged shot provides increased trauma and wound channels, resulting in fast kills and 250 percent more trauma. The shot is designed to hit waterfowl like high-velocity tumbling bricks—preventing over penetration and maximizing energy deposit and knock-down shock within the bird.

• Diamond Cut Wad
The Blind Side Diamond Cut Wad is designed to maximize pattern performance of Hex Shot, resulting in consistent patterns that increase the kill zone up to 25 percent. Blind Side™ HEX™ Shot and the Diamond Cut Wad system is also choke responsive, providing consistent patterns through improved cylinder, modified or full choke systems.

• Drylok Super Steel® System
Important to duck hunters is keeping your powder dry. This system seals out water and moisture and is corrosion resistant for improved patterning and consistent velocities.

Blind Side Product Offerings (AVAILABILITY, FALL, 2011)

Winchester

I’ve got to admit the stacked feature of this shot has me intrigued and seems logical to me that one would get a more consistent shot with this feature. The shape of the shot…. cubed…. is suppose to deliver better killing results on birds.

Field & Stream Gun Nut has tested the Blind Side Ammo

I shot flighted ducks at ranges from 30-50 yards through a Modified choke and if I hit a duck squarely, it fell out of the sky. The difference between Blind Side and regular round pellets was this: we did not see ducks fly off as if unhit, only to bleed out and fall later as you sometimes see with regular steel. Solidly hit birds came down and most of them were dead in the air. Birds that weren’t solidly hit didn’t fall, but that happened with lead, too, a fact that steel-haters conveniently forget.

Read the Gun Nut’s full report on Winchester Blind Side

Well if I get the chance I’ll try this out on some resident geese in September.

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