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Does anyone have a ball park on how much you might be handicapped for shooting sub gauges? If there isn't a standard, what do you thin they should be?
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I used to shoot practice trap with the great Jimmy Walker. He was a 27-yard shooter and an All-American. I was pretty much just beginning to learn how to shoot trap. I was loading 1 oz loads because somebody told me you could save money doing that. The first time I shot with him I told him I was shooting 1 oz loads. He said - if you shoot one ounce loads you're beat before you even start. Well, Dang. I shoot 7/8 oz. But I'm not looking to beat anyone except myself. 
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I used to shoot practice trap with the great Jimmy Walker. He was a 27-yard shooter and an All-American. I was pretty much just beginning to learn how to shoot trap. I was loading 1 oz loads because somebody told me you could save money doing that. The first time I shot with him I told him I was shooting 1 oz loads. He said - if you shoot one ounce loads you're beat before you even start. Well, Dang. I shoot 7/8 oz. But I'm not looking to beat anyone except myself. 😊
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Nope. Not at all.
But just out of curiosity, is 7/8 oz out of a 20 gauge any handicap in comparison to 7/8 oz out of a 12? It's really the amount of lead, not the diameter of the bore, correct?
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Yep. But I would never shoot 7/8 oz. at handicap trap. 1 1/8 oz. of 7.5 is what I would use. Now if I were trying out a load of 7/8 oz. to see how it worked for a hunting load- okay for testing on clay targets. Or something of that reason. But if I were going to go out to shoot against other people, or even for handicap practice trap, shooting 7/8 oz. loads of anything would be throwing away 25 rounds of 7/8 of shot and wads. Most people would never do that. At least not what I have ever seen. Most people don't load 7/8 oz. loads of any gauge except for hunting. Or, am I missing something? All you are missing is the cost and availability of lead. Heck, a bunch of guys are loading 3/4. .
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International bunker shooters are required to use 24.5 gram loads, which approximates 7/8 oz.
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