Founded in 1960 by World Champion Franco Bornaghi, the company’s history is deeply rooted in competitive shooting excellence and ballistic expertise. What began as a small family venture quickly grew into a recognized brand, with Franco’s direct experience in hunting and clay pigeon shooting shaping the precision and quality of Bornaghi cartridges.
Over the decades, the business expanded internationally, adapting to new markets while maintaining its focus on tailored solutions for hunters and shooters. Each cartridge line is developed through close dialogue with users, ensuring reliability, innovation, and performance. Today, more than 60 years later, Bornaghi remains a benchmark in high-quality hunting and shooting ammunition—renowned for precision, consistency, and craftsmanship.
Hunting Cartridges
Bornaghi Sport cartridges are engineered for competitive shooting disciplines, including trap, skeet, and sporting clays. These cartridges are loaded with high-quality components, including lead shot with varying percentages of antimony for hardness. For example, the T1SPORT2875 model features a 1 oz (28 g) shot load with a muzzle velocity of 1250 fps (381 m/s), optimized for consistent performance. Bornaghi offers a range of Sport cartridges in multiple gauges, including 12, 20, and 28, and a variety of shot sizes, ensuring options for every shooter.
Sport Cartridges
Bornaghi Hunting cartridges are designed for a wide array of game hunting applications. The product line includes models with both 16mm and 20mm brass heads. The cartridges are loaded with components tailored for specific uses, such as felt wads in models designed for hunting upland birds. Key models, such as the Extra 35 and Pigeon 36, feature lead shot loads of 34 g and 36 g, respectively. The hunting line offers a wide selection of shot sizes, ranging from 4 to 11, to provide hunters with effective and consistent patterns for various game.
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