Apex Ammunition Turkey TSS 12 Gauge (GT3-9)

Apex Ammunition builds turkey TSS loads for hunters who want the densest pattern possible, and the GT3-9 is the statement piece. It packs 2-1/4 ounces of #9 Tungsten Super Shot into a 3-inch 12-gauge hull, roughly 814 pellets in a single shell. That is a pellet count no lead or heavyshot turkey load can approach, and at TSS's ~18 g/cc density each of those tiny #9 pellets still penetrates a gobbler's skull at 50-plus yards.

The density math is what makes TSS transformational for turkey hunting, and Apex leans all the way into it. Lead runs about 11 g/cc; tungsten runs about 18. A #9 TSS pellet weighs and penetrates like a much larger lead pellet while taking up a fraction of the space, so you can load two to three times as many killing pellets into the same payload. More pellets means more hits in the vital head-and-neck window, which is the entire game in turkey hunting. Apex hand-loads these in small batches and counts on pattern density, not velocity, to do the work.

This is enthusiast ammunition priced accordingly, around $109 for a 5-round box. A turkey season is a handful of shots, so hunters buy one box, pattern it, and run it for years. Availability is boutique and runs seasonal. If you want the highest pellet count a 12-gauge can throw and you have patterned your choke to it, nothing out-patterns a load like this.