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IMHO using 1 1/16 oz. or even 1 oz. loads really defeats the whole idea of the 'easy to carry', 'easy shooting', 'smaller upland bird' gun. I mean really, why bother? Why not just shoot a sixteen or a twelve gauge????
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I'm heading for northern NH on Wednesday to put some miles on my Danners. Over the last 2 weeks I have been patterning my 28ga. in preparation. Finally settled on 3/4oz of #8 in the right and 7/8oz of #7-1/2's in the left. Wasn't impressed with the 3/4oz. patterns at 30 yards. The gun is .010 and .013. and 5lbs 12oz.. After a session on the pattern board with 7/8oz., no way I'm shooting 1oz.. Call me a split tail or just gettin old, but that's my story and I'm stickin to it. 
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Never had a desire for a 28 that weighed more than 5˝ lbs using more than 3/4oz shot nor a .410 weighing in excess of 4˝lbs using more than ˝oz shot.
Am in full agreement with DAM16SXS, if you want more than that why not just get a "Shotgun" & forget the pea shooter.
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Gents,
I tried 1 ounce out of my 28ga baby framed Merkel........once!
Never again! I'll stick to the 3/4 ounce as the gun was intended to shoot, an absolute pleasure with that.
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I made the mistake of shooting a box of Winchester AA sporting clays loads through my 28 ga Benelli Legacy. Surprising amount of recoil. Then again, the gun only weighs about 5 lbs.
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Learned 75 years ago that I shot better with less recoil, hence 7 X 57 biggest calibre rifle and 12 for shotguns, ranging to no lower than 20s.
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Assuming you started at the same age I did, Oh King of Canucks- I'm 75 and started with a Stevens Walnut Hill at age 10- thanks Grandpa-I like the 7x57, as did Jack O'Connor, but also the 30-06 and .35 Whelen, and shotguns- 12's with lighter loads, except the steel shot waterfowling shotguns- mainly Model 12's--both 2&3/4" and 3" versions- No 10 gauge or 3.5" 12 magnums for me, and I use RST 1 ounce loads in my LC Smiths-- @0 is Ok, but the .410 should be banned from the game fields, as was the thought of the late Nash Buckingham as well. Recoil and a poorly fitted gun- equal flinches and poor accuracy as a result. I use a .243Win Sako BA L579 with Leupold scope for woodchucks, haven't yet tried it on a hedgehog- but I'll wager a 6 pack of Molson Golden a .55 grain Hornady Moly-Tip .243 in the boiler room of a hedgehog would produce quite a splatter-
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I was pleased when JOC referred in a column to the 7mm as a woman's gun because its recoil suited me to a T. He referred same column to my CZ Brno as the perfect saddle gun, reporting on a hunt with the Shah and praising the Canadian Industries Limited 139-grain cartridge at 2900fps. Mine was built in 1950. Aside from the 22s my only other rifle is Ruger .250 Savage. Recoil is bane of any shooting as surely as too much sun and cigarettes will kill you faster than a bullet.
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Never had a desire for a 28 that weighed more than 5˝ lbs using more than 3/4oz shot nor a .410 weighing in excess of 4˝lbs using more than ˝oz shot.
Am in full agreement with DAM16SXS, if you want more than that why not just get a "Shotgun" & forget the pea shooter. Because it is great fun to take a limit of doves with a .410, and still shoot a good average. Why?? Just because I can. And, if 1 1/8 oz. of lead 6s will kill a 1 1/2# wood duck cleanly, 11/16 oz. of lead 8s will most certainly kill a 5 oz. dove cleanly. All my best, SRH
Last edited by Stan; 10/10/16 07:29 PM.
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The 1 oz 28 gauge loads do kick in a light gun for sustained shooting. But if you are going to walk a lot and shoot very little (wild quail in parts of the South, grouse in most areas), it's a package that is very handy. There are plenty of days when you'll walk miles and may only pull the triggers twice.
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