Federal Premium Upland Paper
Experience the nostalgic look, feel, and even smell of classic upland shotshells without losing the benefits of modern performance with the new Federal Premium® Upland Paper. The all-new product line consists of six 2 3/4-inch 12- and 20-gauge offerings in 4, 5, and 6 shot. This is one of the best new shotgun ammunition that made its debut at SHOT Show 2025, so get ready to harvest those pheasants!
Features & Benefits
-Federal waxed-paper hull
-Extra-hard, copper-plated shot for uniform patterns and deeper penetration
-Wad design produces better, more consistent patterns
-Select, high-quality propellant and primer for efficient ignition
Options Available (25 ct. Box MSRP)
-12 Gauge, 4 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1-1/4 oz, 1,330 FPS $44.99
-12 Gauge, 5 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1-1/4 oz, 1,330 FPS $44.99
-12 Gauge, 6 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1-1/4 oz, 1,330 FPS 25 $44.99
-20 Gauge, 4 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 1,250 FPS 25 $44.99
-20 Gauge, 5 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 1,250 FPS $44.99
-20 Gauge, 6 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 1,250 FPS 25 $44.99
Federal Premium Master Class
Among the new shotgun ammunition at SHOT Show 2025 is the Federal Premium Master Class. This competition-level sporting clay load features a customized Podium wad that extracts peak performance from Federal’s straight-wall hull. Reliable primers, high-antimony lead shot and select propellant combine to break the most challenging targets. This all-new product line comprises six 2 3/4-inch 12-gauge offerings in No. 7.5 and 8 shot sizes.
Features & Benefits
-One-piece Podium wad
-High-antimony lead shot provides the ideal balance of hardness and density
-Straight-wall hull
-Inserted plastic base wad
-Striated tube
-Brass-plated steel head
Options Available (25 ct. Box MSRP)
-12 Gauge, 7.5 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 3 DRAM, 1,250 FPS $15.99
-12 Gauge, 8 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 3 DRAM, 1,250 FPS $15.99
-12 Gauge, 7.5 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1-1/8 oz, HDCP, 1,235 FPS $15.99
-12 Gauge, 8 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1-1/8 oz, HDCP, 1,235 FPS $15.99
-12 Gauge, 7.5 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 3-1/4 DRAM, 1,300 FPS $15.99
-12 Gauge, 8 Shot, 2-3/4 in, 1 oz, 3-1/4 DRAM, 1,300 FPS $15.99
New Cartridge! Federal 7mm Backcountry
Federal® 7mm Backcountry is an entirely new high-performance, all-range cartridge that reinvents ammunition as we know it. It not only provides superior ballistics and terminal performance, it does so through compact, shorter-barreled suppressed rifles, producing 3,000 fps velocities with 170-grain bullets through 20-inch barrels. The cartridge achieves all of this through the patented Peak Alloy™ case. Built of an advanced, high-strength steel alloy, the next-generation, one-piece case design allows higher velocities over modern brass case ammunition.
7mm Backcountry is available in five initial loads: Terminal Ascent 155- and 170-grain, Fusion Tipped 175-grain, Berger Elite Hunter 195-grain, and Barnes LRX 168-grain. The 7mm Backcountry is lauded as one of the best new rifle ammunition revealed at SHOT Show 2025.
Features & Benefits
-3,000 fps with 170-grain bullets through 20-inch barrels
-Peak Alloy Case Technology: Patented, one-piece, high-strength, next-generation steel alloy case
-Outperforms conventional brass-case ammunition
-Optimized for shorter barrels to maximize velocity in compact or suppressed rifles
-Increased magazine capacity over magnum cartridges
-155- to 195-grain bullet offerings
Options Available (25 ct. Box MSRP—see more details below)
-7mm Backcountry 155 Terminal Ascent $78.99
-7mm Backcountry 170 Terminal Ascent $78.99
-7mm Backcountry 195 Berger Elite Hunter $80.99
-7mm Backcountry 168 Barnes LRX $81.99
-7mm Backcountry 175 Fusion Tipped $54.99
Federal Premium Barnes LRX (7mm Backcountry Now Available!)
The Barnes LRX copper leans on its high ballistic coefficient to maximize range and power, then closes the deal with a unique nose cavity that expands reliably and devastatingly to take big game at all practical distances. This all-new product line is loaded in the following cartridges: 7mm Backcountry, 280 Ackley Improved, 300 Win. Mag., 308 Win., 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 7 PRC, and 7mm Rem. Mag.
Features & Benefits
-All-copper construction
-Sleek profile and precision heel radius
-Grooving decreases fouling and improves accuracy
-Re-engineered nose cavity provides full expansion and deep penetration at close and extended distances
-Doppler radar-optimized bullet profile for low drag and top accuracy at extended distance
-Polymer tip boosts B.C. and helps initiate rapid expansion
-7mm Backcountry load features patented, one-piece, high-strength Peak Alloy™ steel case technology that outperforms brass-case ammunition, maximizes velocity in shorter barrels, and offers increased magazine capacity over magnum cartridges; 3,000 fps in 20-inch barrels, 3150 in 24-inch barrels
Options Available (20 ct. Box MSRP)
-6.5 Creedmoor 127 – $68.99
-6.5 PRC 127 – $78.99
-7mm Rem. Mag. 145 – $78.99
-280 Ackley Improved 145 – $79.99
-7mm PRC 168 – $80.99
-308 Win. 175 – $66.99
-300 Win. Mag., 200 – $83.99
Federal Premium Berger Elite Hunter (7mm Backcountry Now Available!)
Take long-range further. The Berger® Elite Hunter offers some of the industry’s highest ballistic coefficients in a hunting bullet, and its thin-jacket design produces extreme hydrostatic shock and a massive wound cavity on impact.
Loaded with Federal Premium® components to incredibly tight tolerances, the loads produce lethal accuracy at extended distances. Available in Federal’s all-new 7mm Backcountry cartridge, which provides magnum performance through compact, shorter-barreled, suppressed hunting rifles.
Features & Benefits
– Hybrid ogive blends the best aspects of tangent and secant nose shapes for a flatter trajectory and less wind drift
– Highly concentric jacket measures +/-.0003” Total Indicated Runout (TIR)
– Consistent core weight for more consistent ballistics and better accuracy
– Boat-tail provides an aerodynamic advantage at longer ranges, especially while transitioning to subsonic velocities
– One of the industry’s highest G1 ballistic coefficients among hunting bullets, .755
– 7mm Backcountry load features patented, one-piece, high-strength Peak Alloy™ steel case technology that outperforms brass-case ammunition, maximizes velocity in shorter barrels, and offers increased magazine capacity over magnum cartridges; 2,850 fps in 20-inch barrels, 3,000 fps in 24-inch barrels
7mm Backcountry 195 Berger Elite Hunter – $80.99
Federal Premium Terminal Ascent (7mm Backcountry Now Available!)
Any hunt. Any range. Go beyond what you ever thought possible with Federal Premium® Terminal Ascent™. Bonded construction penetrates deep on close targets, while the patented Slipstream® polymer tip initiates expansion at velocities 200 fps lower than comparable designs.
The bullet’s long, sleek profile offers an extremely high ballistic coefficient, and its AccuChannel® groove technology improves accuracy and minimizes drag. Now available
in a full selection of long-range hunting cartridges, including new
7mm Backcountry.
Features & Benefits
– Match-grade long-range accuracy in a bonded hunting bullet
– Extremely high ballistic coefficient
– Exclusive Slipstream polymer tip helps flatten trajectories and initiate low-velocity expansion
– Less wind drift and drop
– AccuChannel groove technology minimizes drag
– Copper shank and bonded lead core retain weight for deep penetration at any range
– New 7mm Backcountry loads feature patented, one-piece, high-strength Peak Alloy™ steel case technology that outperforms brass-case ammunition, maximizes velocity in shorter barrels, and offers increased magazine capacity over magnum cartridges
– 155-grain 7mm Backcountry: 3,000 fps through a 20-inch barrel, 3,300 fps through a 24-inch barrel
– 170-grain 7mm Backcountry: 2,850 fps through a 20-inch barrel, 3,000 fps through a 24-inch barrel
7mm Backcountry 155 GR Terminal Ascent – $78.99
7mm Backcountry 170 GR Terminal Ascent – $78.99
Federal Premium Fusion Tipped (7mm Backcountry Now Available!)
Federal® Fusion® became a legend in the deer woods for a reason. Its pressure-formed lead core is molecularly bonded to a consistent copper jacket, resulting in the highest weight retention, deepest penetration, and best expansion in its class. We’ve written a new chapter to that story with Fusion Tipped.
The updated design offers the same great terminal performance as the original, but with a polymer tip that increases ballistic coefficient, flattens trajectories, and boosts energy for better accuracy and extended effective range. Now available in a full range of popular cartridges, as well as the all-new 7mm Backcountry, which provides magnum performance through compact, shorter-barreled, suppressed hunting rifles.
Features & Benefits
– Polymer-tipped design
– Reduced wind drift and drop, as well as more energy downrange
– Polymer tip paired with skived nose cavity initiates consistent, lethal expansion.
– Copper jacket is electro-chemically bonded to the core, resulting in a perfectly uniform jacket
– Excellent accuracy
– 7mm Backcountry load features patented, one-piece, high-strength Peak Alloy™ steel case technology, outperforms brass-case ammunition, maximizes velocity in shorter barrels, and offers increased magazine capacity over magnum cartridges; 2,975 fps in 20-inch barrels, 3,150 fps in 24-inch barrels
7mm Backcountry 175 GR Fusion Tipped – $54.99
Federal Premium HammerDown .22 LR
The technology that revitalized centerfire lever-action rifles and carbines is now available for rimfire. Velocities of Federal Premium HammerDown™ rimfire .22 LR loads are customized to produce superior ballistics and terminal performance on small game through lever-action rimfire rifles.
The geometry of each round’s case, bullet, and cartridge ensures flawless cycling through tubular magazine and typical lever-action feeding systems. For all you plinksters out there hoping that SHOT Show would deliver something new, you’ll be glad to know that some of the best rimfire ammunition is now available.
Features & Benefits
– New .22 LR offering
– Nickel-plated brass
– Specially formulated propellant
– Loaded to velocities that provide superior ballistics through
lever-action rimfire rifles
– Copper-plated hollow-point bullet
– Excellent cycling in tubular magazine and lever-action feeding systems
Options Available (325 ct. Box MSRP)
.22 LR 40 HammerDown Copper Plated Lead HP – $39.99