This came straight from Apex Ammo facebook site when I asked about pellet weight.
My question to Apex.
"I hear all the claims....lets hear the facts. What's the actual weight of a TSS size 9 or 10 pellet ?"
Apex Ammunition's reply to me...Quote
"9's weigh 1.2grs. 9.5's weigh 1gr.
9's are the perfect TSS pellet size. More energy than lead 4's and equal energy to hevi shot 5's."
My reply to Apex...
"A lead #4 pellet weighs 3.30 grains....a lead #7 shot weighs 1.50 grains....both substantially more weight than the smaller TSS pellet. Energy is figured by computing weight and velocity. There is no way a #9 TSS pellet weighing a third of a #4 lead can have more energy than a lead #4 shot moving at the same velocity.....fact is a lead #7 has more energy than a TSS #9 size shot moving at equal velocity."
TSS only exists with companies like Federal because they can't make a lead shell that will out shoot a Winchester's Longbeard Ammo with "Shot Lock" technology.
In case you.missed the facts
LOL….I think there’s only the one fact there, which happens to be the most irrelevant: muzzle energy.
Here’s some other facts: (when all else is equal)
— #9 TSS maintains velocity far better than almost any lead, much less #4s
—#9TSS penetrates FAR better at any range
—#9TSS has soo much more pattern density at any range, it’s almost silly to compare…..likely a MINIMUM of 4-5x more lethal strikes than any comparable #4 lead pattern possible.
—-(if energy ‘really matters’) #9 TSS is capable of putting far more energy into the head/neck of a turkey at almost any range, as #4 lead.
If you’re gonna shoot 10/12ga stuff to under 40 yards, then you can kill birds without TSS. If you’re just gonna shoot under 30 yards with smaller gauges, you can kill birds without it. In either case, you will definitely kill birds with TSS to any range a 10/12ga lead load ever will, with a smaller gauge and less payload.
