[joesolo]

There is a thread in Strategies and Tactics about alternating HP and FMJ bullets and why it has been called a Dutch Load. I often hear the term "Dutched" used on the skeet field after a shooter misses two birds (maybe just a true pair) on a station. Anyone (Dave?) know why the term Dutched in skeet? Thanks

[Dave McCracken]

Sorry to disappoint you but I don't know. I'm not much of a skeeter. Maybe sm or someone can tell us all....

[sm]

Disclaimer:
I am just a dumb Southern Boy, born in the mid 50's who had Mentors & Elders, ladies and gents, some that had been in conflicts , and were known to be "Explicit" in what they shared and how they said it.
So while I may not be correct, it does make for an interesting...aw hell..this is going to be difficult to say like they did, and not have Art's Grammaw shoot me.

Re: Dutch Load , in Reference to loading two different types of loading in a gun, I was told comes from the Red Light District "tours" some Service Men were "alleged" to take.
It was a "hit or miss" undertaking if they were going to get lucky and if so , if later they found themselves unlucky.

See Training Film...whatever that film number was.
The one about girls and having to take shots later.

So one got Loaded Up and went on Tour, and ...if one "lady" did not take the "hit", then try another <I can't type that> _____ and maybe that hit would be successful.

Re: Skeet
You just shot and missed like you were rode hard and put up wet


Hey, I have immunity right? I mean I was asked and even a Moderator "suggested" I share .
<points finger>

Re:Stacking Loads
No, you ain't getting the dirty version of this one, not for what you folks paid for admission


Re:Stacking Loads:
Stacking loads meant having different shot shell loads in a shotgun.
Goes back to fixed choked barrels only days.
Folks patterned a shotgun to see what it did with a variety of loads.

i.e. Quail Hunting and the gun was a fixed Full choke.
One used chilled/soft shot. Sometimes even flattening in to get it to be more deformed, therefore opening up patterns more.

Quail flushes so the first shot fired was this load.
Next in the chamber was the hard shot, in a Target load.

Essentially one had a Cyl/IC pattern followed by a more tight pattern when the quail was further out.

Same principles apply today, as back then, even with screw in chokes.

[JohnBT]

I found this revolver-related definition on another board after some searching.

www.selfdefenseforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4641

"As an aside, it may be interesting to look at the origin of the term "Dutch load"
Many years ago the police in the Netherlands issued revolvers, with the ammunition loaded in the sequence, first chamber blank round, then tear gas round, next a light wadcutter, then finally three full duty loads. They kind of got the concept of "escalation of force" a bit confused.
Of course back then a lot of people were stipulating strange firearms regulations, no speedloaders for example.
Cheers,
Den"