Federal Premium 3rd Degree 20 Gauge 3-Inch turkey ammunition (brand part no. PTDX258 567) is a specialty shotshell built for turkey hunters who want pattern density at every range a gobbler might close from. Federal backs this load with the quality control shooters expect from a name they already trust. Loaded in 20 Gauge, this shell blends three distinct pellet types instead of a single shot size, giving one shell the coverage that would otherwise take multiple loads. In our shotgun shells lineup, this is the Federal load built for that job.

Key Specifications

• The gauge is 20 Gauge, a light-carrying sub-gauge built for long days chasing turkeys without wearing you out.
• The shell length is 3-inch, matching the chamber length of the turkey guns this load is built to run through.
• The payload weighs 1-7/16 oz, a heavy charge built to put a dense pattern on a strutting tom’s vital zone.
• The shot blends No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7 pellets in one shell, layering coverage across close, mid, and extended turkey range.
• Federal’s Flitestopper copper-plated pellets lead the payload, engineered to create a devastating wound channel at close range.
• The FLITECONTROL FLEX wad deploys later than a standard wad, holding the blended payload together longer for a tighter, more consistent pattern downrange.
• Each box holds 5 rounds, the standard specialty count for a premium turkey load built at this level of performance.
• Cost works out to about $9.08 per round, in line with other premium multi-payload turkey loads.
• The box ships at approximately 0.61 lbs, worth knowing before you check out on a multi-box order.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this shell use three shot sizes instead of one? Blending No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7 pellets spreads pattern density across close, mid, and extended turkey range instead of optimizing for just one distance.

Is this shell built for a specific choke? The FLITECONTROL FLEX wad is engineered to pattern well through both ported turkey chokes and standard fixed chokes.

What range is this load effective to? The layered payload is built to hold a lethal pattern from typical close-range setups out to the longer end of standard shotgun turkey range.

Buy the Federal Premium 3rd Degree 20 Gauge Turkey Load

Load up before the season opener with a shell engineered to cover the whole range a tom might commit from, not just one distance. Order from our Lubbock, Texas gun shop and it ships fast to your door.