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I posted a similar topic a year back in shooting a 1oz load of 7.5 shot. I thought I gave away or sold off the shells I inherited, but to my surprise I have another 3/4 flat missing two boxes.
So to be honest, I am very skeptical in even trying a box. The shells are the white box Winchester AA shells. I have shot nothing but 3/4oz loads through both my 28s.
Has anyone ran the extra 1/4 oz through there 28s?

I shot the 1 oz/7 1/2 Winchester 28 ga load through a Parker Reproduction for several grouse seasons back in the early 1990s.

They patterned well & killed grouse well. I never noticed any issues w/recoil but the 28 ga Parker reproductions were fairly heavy for their gauge & 10 shots in a day was a lot of shooting.

I've tried a few, as well as the 7/8 oz Fiocchi Golden Pheasants. For the most part, they're not necessary for the uses to which I put my 28ga--which are basically skeet, 5 stand if the course doesn't have a lot of very long targets, and smaller and/or more "fragile" game birds like woodcock, ruffed grouse, and quail. And early season prairie grouse.

I wonder whether some shooters on a sporting clays course might have recourse to the 1 oz load at the longer targets? But then their guns, in general, are also a good bit heavier than the 28's most of us use for hunting.

Hate to say but if I had a little auto in 28 I would most likely give them a go.

Hi, I've used these loads quite a bit when hunting for Sharptails. IMO they are a very effective load. They hammer the birds out to 35 yards. I use 6 shot in this loading. I also use (in my tighter choked bbl) a 1 1/16oz load that B&P offered (EXTRA ROSSA MAX) also in 6 shot (Italian, close to American size 6's). Both of these loads pattern very well in my Dickinson BTW.

I wouldn't hesitate to shoot these loads in any modern 28ga. Of course you'd need to pattern to see how they perform in your guns.

Just a side note, if anyone knows where a person can get some of the Extra Rossa Max in 1 1/16oz I'd appreciate it. According to Kari at Aerostar they are are no longer imported.

Good Luck and happy shooting!

Greg

I shot a case of them every year, two in good years, when growing up but mine were 6's not 7 1/2's. All for ducks, over decoys, under 30 yards. Did kill a few geese with them but I would not advise them for that job. All were Winchester paper hulls in those days. Wish I could go back and do it again.

Jack O'Connor wrote quite a bit about using 1 ounce loads in his 28-gauge Eusabio Arizaga. I've used these compression formed Winchester and Winchester-Western 28-gauge shells in my RBL for Pheasants --



and the Pheasants seemed to be just as dead as if they had been hit with a 12-gauge.

The box of paper Western Super-X MAGNUMs I've owned for a long time but it is still full. Probably from the time Cactus Jack was using them.

friend of mine in georgia does a lot of released pheasant tower shoots...his favorite combo is one oz. of 7 1/2's out of an open choked 28 gauge gun with heavy barrels...gun weighs 8 pounds, which he claims, swings like a dream and is very easy on his old arthritic shoulder...

A friend uses Win 1 oz. Watched him shoot some very nice patterns with them.

I've used the 1300 fps 15/16 oz B&Ps. Recoil in a 6# double isn't bad, and they extend effective range in a cylinder 28.

I never have been able to understand the Reason anyone would want to drop down to a 28 & then "Load it Up". A 20 gauge would be a much better choice for using 1 oz of shot. 1 oz of shot can be bought in either a Field or Express load in the 20 at much better prices than in the 28. Even if one reloads them components are much easier to come by & ore readily available. 1 oz in a 28 seems to me to be a problem much better answered with a 20. Just One persons opinion of course.