Federal Premium Personal Defense

Federal Premium® Brings Out Specialized Personal Defense® Shotshell loads

Shotguns are popular choices for home defense. Federal Premium went through extensive testing to find the best shotshell options for protection.

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ANOKA, Minn. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Federal Premium® Ammunition has announced new shotshells for self defense. These 12 and 20-gauge Personal Defense® brand options underwent extensive testing and provide excellent performance at close range. Available spring 2010.

Not just different packaging

Federal Premium pioneered the handgun self defense category with its Personal Defense offerings. These loads were designed for one thing: self defense. The same can be said about the new shotshell offerings. They’re loaded to ideal velocities and feature optimum patterns and penetration for self defense.

“We went to great lengths to develop these new loads,” said Brand Manager Rick Stoeckel. “We patterned thousands of rounds and exhaustively tested the penetration of these new loads in ballistic gelatin as well as wallboard. We want people to be protected, but we also wanted to make sure these loads wouldn’t over-penetrate in materials such as wallboard.”

The new loads are designed to provide the ultimate in close range protection. Keeping this in mind, Federal engineers worked to find loads that would stop threats immediately and wouldn’t put others in the home in unnecessary danger. They found that #4 buck in 12 and 20-gauge options achieved this performance.

Option featuring FLITECONTROL® Wad

Federal Premium is also offering a load that features the FLITECONTROL wad. This 9-pellet 00 Buck 2-3/4” offering uses the unique rear-braking wad for tight patterns and excellent consistency.

Winchester Shotshell Personal Defense Ammunition

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East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester® Ammunition launches the most innovative line of personal defense shotshell ammunition in 2010 with two new products: the Supreme Elite® PDX1™ shotshells in 410 and 12 gauge. Both loads deliver threat-stopping power and offer customers more ammunition choices for personal defense.

“Winchester is a leader in technology and these two new personal defense rounds are the most innovative shotshell products available today,” said Brett Flaugher, Winchester Ammunition vice president of sales and marketing. “Both shotshell loads achieved excellent results in our test facility and we are extremely excited to offer them to our customers.”

PDX1 in 410 Gauge
Highly effective in both shotguns and 410 compatible handguns, the PDX1 in 410 gauge features a distinctive black hull and black oxide high-base head and combines three plated Defense Disc™ projectiles and 12 pellets of plated BB shot. The result is the ideal personal protection load for short range engagement with the performance needed to stop threats. This load is also suitable for varmint hunting and pest control. Designed for use in the Taurus Judge, this new personal defense round provides maximum protection at close range.

• 410 ga. 2 1/2”, 3 Defense Disc™ projectiles with 12 BBs
• 10 rd box
• Availability: February 2010

Winchester 410 Shotshell Personal Defense Ammunition

PDX1 in 12 Gauge
The 12-gauge Supreme Elite® PDX1 features a distinctive black hull, black oxide high-base head and 3 pellets of Grex® buffered 00 plated buckshot nested on top of a 1 oz rifled slug.

The result is the ideal, tight patterning personal defense load. The slug/buckshot combination provides optimum performance at short and longer ranges while compensating for aim error.

• 12 ga. Slug/Buck combo
• Load: 12 gauge 2-3/4” 1 oz rifled slug with 3 pellets 00 Buck- buffered
• 10 rd box
• Availability: March 2010

For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.