Hunters sick of sore shoulders might find relief in Federal Cartridge's new low-recoil rounds.
Federal Cartridge designed the bullets to reduce less rifle recoil. The product is expected to be a hit with female, young or new hunters who often get turned off by the kick of a fired rifle, Federal spokesman Jason Nash said.
Low-recoil rounds are standard lead bullets with copper jackets, but they are made with a lower gunpowder charge than a traditional bullet. The rounds, which sell at a suggested price of $17 for a box of 20, still maintain a high degree of accuracy, allowing a hunter to hit a deer 200 yards away, Nash said, adding that the product will be sold in stores nationwide.
"There is a lot of interest in it," Nash said. "We do expect it to have a strong niche in the marketplace. When you try to recruit new shooters . . . one of the biggest problems people have with shooting a gun is that it recoils a lot, especially a deer gun. So what this product is designed to do is cut that recoil in half. So it's much more comfortable to shoot."
The rounds, which took a year to engineer, have one more advantage: Hunters can use the same firearm and change the ammunition whenever the softer recoil is desired, Nash explained.
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