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I have had a couple opportunities to shoot 3/4 oz 12 gauge loads extensively recently and find they are a real treat to shoot and very deadly on targets. During a trip to England last July, I shot Hull CompX 21 gram (3/4oz) loads at the high towers at Bisley and West London shooting grounds. The light loads are very soft on recoil, but still break targets nicely on the high towers, even up to 200 feet.

This weekend, I shot a case of RST's 3/4 oz Falcon 12 gauges at the Hidden Hollow - Rock Mountain shoots in Pennsylvania. Even in my 6.5 pound Arthur Turner sidelock, the recoil was the softest I've felt (or not felt), but still broke targets nicely, even at Hidden Hollow's long "mad jack' station and Rock Mountain's high cliff station.

I was really pleased with the soft recoil and less barrell flip, and still felt confident on all targets. Count me as a fan the little 3/4 oz loads.

For those who like less recoil, I think shooting a good 3/4 oz load in a light 12 gauge is a nice alternative to shooting smaller bores and probably has even less felt recoil.


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I started loading 3/4 oz. 12 gauge shells when I was teaching 4-H shooters, mostly girls in their early teens. Many of them were recoil sensitive and the heavier 12-gauge gun with light loads worked better than a light 20 with standard loads. 28 gauge was not an option at that time.

The 3/4 oz. loads broke targets so well I started shooting them myself and still enjoy them for sporting clays. It sure stretches a bag of shot as well as making my old body feel better.

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Have you used them hunting? I assume 3/4 oz in a 12 gauge could do anything 3/4 oz in a 28 gauge could do.


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Originally Posted By: DGM
Have you used them hunting? I assume 3/4 oz in a 12 gauge could do anything 3/4 oz in a 28 gauge could do.


...and better. They should pattern a lot better having a shorter shot column which in
turn produces less damaged shot.

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That's all I have loaded and shot for over 40 years...3/4 and 7/8 oz...(Unique powder)...kills the same -(live or clay)- in every instance as compared to what the other guys were using.....with much better patterns and easy on the old doubles of any make.....

Unless you're the sky scraping type....then you need an anti-aircraft gun anyway.....

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You guys that reload - mind giving your load data ? I have an adj. charge bar and have gotten down between 3/4 and 7/8 with a good crimp without any filler or 20ga wad in the plastic wad. But at 3/4oz I have trouble with the crimp. Thanks for any help. Paul

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Another thing I noticed was 125 of the 3/4 oz loads in my cartridge bag was noticeably lighter to carry around than a bag of 1 oz loads.


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Bladesmith....I use the Remington Nitro Gold cases only, which 8 star quite easy with most loads....now using Western Orange wads with one cheerio as filler before the shot....crimps quite nice.....not overly firm...just right IMO....hope this helps...

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The RST's work in 2.5" shotguns, making a nice light load for old Vintage doubles. I shot their 7/8 and 1 oz loads at the shoot as well. While all were mild and did the job well, the 3/4 was really light, but still hit just as hard. I really liked it. Shooting a case over a couple days was a real pleasure.


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I used to shoot 1 oz. loads at trap. At the time, I was practicing/shooting with All American Jimmy Walker. I mentioned to him one day that I was shooting 1 oz. loads and he remarked that if you shoot 1 oz. loads, you are beat before you even start. He was right. It wasn't long before I was shooting in the local calcuttas against guys like him and Pat Neff, who has won the Grand and several events there over the years, and was getting my butt kicked. So, shooting less than a 1 1/8 oz. load is OK for piddling around, but when the money is on the line, you had better get some shoot in those loads. I use a 1 oz. load for shooting skeet, now, but when it gets time to be serious, my loads are 1 1/8 oz.

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