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The Competition Special 12-gauge wad from BPI is recommended for high performance shooting value on sporting clays courses. It features a double-crush section of “G” ring to cushions pellets during the setback phase of a shot.

Hevi-Shot requires wad columns or shotcups specifically designed for loading and shooting Hevi-Shot. The TPS 10-gauge shotcup series represents a culmination of many convergent technologies.

Once the shotcup has exited the barrel, it falls away quickly. Most modern wads are designed with petals so that the shotcup opens like a flower, the sides folding quickly backwards. Air resistance causes the shotcup, its petals now open like a parachute, to fall behind the pellets almost instantly. The wad usually falls to the ground within 10 to 15 yards, having completed its mission. (Older or experimental shotcups without petals often fell to the ground with some pellets remaining inside!) Un-slit wads (i.e., those without precut petals) are available, but with the intent that the reloader will slit them to a particular load and pattern preference.