Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
Yr Humble Scrivener has been preaching the joys of 7/8 oz 12 gauge loads here and about for quite a while.
I even have loaded up some 3/4 oz 12 gauge loads for introducing new shooters to the clay games.
When I picked up the SKB 20 gauge O/U last year, one thing I wanted to do with it was try out some 3/4 oz loads to see what all the fuss the 28 gauge fans make was about.
The best laid plans gang aft agley. The inertia trigger on the SKB will not reset with 3/4 oz loads.
However, the little 20 gauge 870 here does not suffer from that problem, being an 870 and thus perfect. So, I waited until I had some AAs worn enough that shucking them through the 870 and flinging them on the ground held no terrors for me. Yesterday I shot two rounds of Wobble with friends at PGC and used the little quail gun and 3/4 oz loads of 7.5 shot at about 1200 FPS.
Weather was bad, just about freezing and cold rain. I had the Modified tube in,shot Low Gun as always and did about as well as I do with 7/8 oz loads.
I didn't shoot badly, but this little thing got muscled around too much on some angles. At 6 lbs, 2 oz, it's about 2 lbs lighter than my Beretta O/U and 10 oz lighter than the SKB. Still, I broke 20/25 or so both rounds.
The birds broke about 30-33 yards out. A little closer than trap, but not really different.
I plan on trying this again when it's warm, using my standard loads of 8.5 shot instead of 7.5 to fill in the density some.
Questions?....
I even have loaded up some 3/4 oz 12 gauge loads for introducing new shooters to the clay games.
When I picked up the SKB 20 gauge O/U last year, one thing I wanted to do with it was try out some 3/4 oz loads to see what all the fuss the 28 gauge fans make was about.
The best laid plans gang aft agley. The inertia trigger on the SKB will not reset with 3/4 oz loads.
However, the little 20 gauge 870 here does not suffer from that problem, being an 870 and thus perfect. So, I waited until I had some AAs worn enough that shucking them through the 870 and flinging them on the ground held no terrors for me. Yesterday I shot two rounds of Wobble with friends at PGC and used the little quail gun and 3/4 oz loads of 7.5 shot at about 1200 FPS.
Weather was bad, just about freezing and cold rain. I had the Modified tube in,shot Low Gun as always and did about as well as I do with 7/8 oz loads.
I didn't shoot badly, but this little thing got muscled around too much on some angles. At 6 lbs, 2 oz, it's about 2 lbs lighter than my Beretta O/U and 10 oz lighter than the SKB. Still, I broke 20/25 or so both rounds.
The birds broke about 30-33 yards out. A little closer than trap, but not really different.
I plan on trying this again when it's warm, using my standard loads of 8.5 shot instead of 7.5 to fill in the density some.
Questions?....