For a number of years, I was invited to gun pheasants and pigeons for Springer Spaniel field trials. Ideally, the pheasants were to be shot at distance, so that we could evaluate the dog's ability to mark and retrieve. I developed an 800x load which I still believe provided better performance than other commercial 1 1/4 shells.

800 X 26.5 grains
AA Hull
9,900 PSI
1275 FPS
Soft-shooting due to the slow burn rate
I also think there is less pellet deformation and therefore better patterns due to the slow burn rate.

Last edited by tudurgs; 01/06/18 10:09 PM.