Apparently the 28 standard load and the 12-gauge pigeon load are both balanced loads in terms of the length and weight of shot column relative to bore diameter and other factors." No claims about a "square load".
As to the above quote I do not recall for certain if this is a direct quote from Brister or a Mis-Quote, so not certain wheather its you or Brister who was/is wrong. The 28ga was never loaded with the shot column "Length & Weight" proportional to the bore as it relates to the 12ga Pigeon load. This is a very simple mathamatical equation, but the problem is Larry, you just never seem to stop & figure out what you are saying.
Shot loads which are proportional in "length & weight" to bore dia are proportional to the "Cube" of their dia. Coinsidering the "Pigeon load in the 12ga as 1Ľoz then a 28 ga load having the same length to bore ratio would weigh .54oz. Note the standard 28ga skeet load is .75oz. A 12ga load having a length to bore ratio equivelent to this 3/4 oz load would carry 1 3/4oz. Now anyone would call this a Magnum load, yet it is considered the Light load in the 28.
Mostly the different gauges were loaded having a shot column very similar in actual length, not proportional to their bore (the .410 which is not a gauge, doesn't even fit in here). In this case the load is proportional to the Squaare of their dia's. Thus using the 1Ľoz pigeon load in 12ga as the base we find the following loads having about the same column length (rounded to nearest 1/16oz;
10ga ---- 1 7/16oz
12ga ---- 1Ľoz
16ga ---- 1oz
20ga ---- 7/8oz
28ga ---- 11/16oz
.410 ---- 3/8oz
Note that both the 28 & 16ga are very near the midpoint in which case they would have rounded up to the next step IE 3/4oz & 1 1/16oz respectfully. 10 & 20ga's are extremely close to listed wt.
Note further these loads are proportional in "weight" to their bore dias, but not in column length, the smaller bores having longer columns proportionate to their bore.
The "Surprizing" thing to me is that one with Brister's experience was surprised when the 28 shot more like a 20ga than a .410. Even an old hillbilly like me who certainly feels no qualifications to write a book on the subject would have expected that from the Git-Go.
It may take me a few days to get a O-tuit but guess I will just have to dig up his book to make certain I have am mis-quoting him. I have made no attempt for an exact word for word quote, but simply outlined the gist of what he said. You seem to want to make a big deal if I use a different word than he did even though the meaning is essentially the same.
