light coach gun loads
A friend is going start his grandson to cowboy action shoots. He is a little relucktant on the recoil of a shotgun. Want to makeup some loads in a 12ga that won't knock him on his behind but still hit the targets hard enough. Any help?
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Standard lowbase trap loads should do it, if your rolling your own try 19.2grs Red Dot with Win AA wads and 1 1/8 of bigger shot, like #4. Should do the trick without much recoil.
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You cant shoot no. 4 shot at cas shoots,per the rule book.
back when I reloaded shot shells,green dot loads always felt real mild to my shoulder.I"d alos use no. 8,or even no.9 shot,at cas distances these shot sizes will do the job,most times,and gives a few more bb's for that 'golden bb'hit/near miss.0 -
I hate it when I'm wrong, we used to use bigger shot when SAS first started, I think[:o)]. As stated #8 is easy to find and will work.
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A trap load with 2 3/4 dram equivilent, 1 oz. No.8 (or 7 1/2) shot is about as light as it gets. Many women who trap shoot pop off 100 to 200 rounds in registered shooting. 0 -
I started playing with some different loads. 16 gr of clays powder & 1\2 oz of 7 1\2. no kick but not enough to knock down the target. Eventually ended up with the same amount of powder & 3\4 oz of shot. Very manageble recoil & still knockdown power. 0 -
just make sure it will knock down the knock downs[:D]
ive seen at shoots where some of the lower powered shells take up to 6 shots before she managed to knock it down, it was at an odd angle though.0 -
Had my target set with fairly good forward pressure & it knocked it over. Tried it 3 times with the same load, & it worked. 0 -
been shooting for about 15yrs and the load I use is 17.9clays with a 12so wad and 7/8oz 0f 6-8 shot whatever I have never had a target not fall that I hit John T Henry SASS life 7317 0
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