Long Beard TSS Beauty Shot

New for 2025: Winchester Long Beard TSS

Winchester has announced their Long Beard TSS shotshell line for 2025, offering a performance level better than anything they’ve yet brought to market. Using the 18g/cc TSS shot (whereas lead comes in at 11g/cc), the Winchester Long Beard TSS loads use a buffered payload, which has proven to offer consistent shot patterns, irrespective of choke design.

Video: Apex Ammunition Takes TSS to the Extreme

Be it some of their blended steel loads or pure TSS loads, Apex Ammunition offers shells that will put a hurting on turkey, waterfowl, hogs and deer with TSS shot sizes ranging from No. 9 to BB.

TSS and the Evolution of Shotgun Shells

The arrival of Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) has had a major impact on shotgun hunting, and while it is a bit pricey, its devastatingly dense patterns at distances never before possible make it worth every extra penny.

Field Tested: Federal Heavyweight TSS

Associate Digital Editor David Herman traveled to the Yucatan peninsula to hunt ocellated turkey and the elusive coatimundi using Federal’s Heavyweight TSS. Here are his thoughts on the incredibly effective shotshell.

New for 2024: Winchester Last Call TSS Waterfowl Ammo

Winchester has announced the launch of Last Call TSS shotshell ammunition, developed to exceed the demands of even the hardest-charging waterfowl hunters.

Hardware: Browning TSS Tungsten Turkey

Packed with pure TSS, in shot sizes determined to optimize spread and knockdown power, these new super-dense loads are Browning’s answer to the increasingly trendy premium shell market, and they allow hunters to push their turkey-taking to limits that, to date, only TSS can reach.

New for 2024: Apex Ammunition 28-Gauge Mossy Oak Green Leaf Turkey TSS Blend

Apex Ammunition has introduced its new 28-gauge Mossy Oak Green Leaf Turkey TSS Blend. Available in 2 ¾-inch, 1 ½-ounce loads, these “duplex” stacked loads feature a combination of No. 9 and No. 10 Tungsten Super Shot, delivering a payload of 665 ultra-dense 18.1 g/cc pellets in a 28-gauge shell.

Apex Adds .410-Bore to Its Mossy Oak Greenleaf Turkey TSS Blend

Apex Ammunition has added .410 bore to its popular line of Mossy Oak Greenleaf Turkey TSS shotshells.

First Look: Federal Heavyweight TSS Blended Turkey Loads

Federal’s new blended Heavyweight TSS loads combine No. 7 and No. 9, or No. 8 and No. 10 shot to deliver extremely high pellet-count patterns.

Review: Federal Heavyweight TSS Turkey Loads

Federal's new Heavyweight TSS turkey loads provide the ability to increase pellet count via smaller shot size while increasing downrange energy and penetration.

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