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Originally Posted by Paul Harm
4 1/2 drams and 1 1/4oz of shot with the old guns that had 3" or so of drop would most certainly jar any loose fillings out of your mouth. I just shoot clay birds, but 21grs of GD and 1 1/16oz of shot is about all I like. The 19 of RD and 1oz of shot is also nice.
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I've been loading 4 1/2 drams of Pyrodex RS in full length short brass cases with 1 1/4 Oz of lead or bismuth. Ducks and geese can't survive it. The other day I was at a live pigeon shoot shooting the same loads at practice pigeons. A friend had a chronograph so I ran a load through it. 1325 fps! Probably more than I need so I'm going to drop the load to 3 3/4 drams, toss in some more shot and see what happens. The recoil never bothers me because the gun is a #6 frame and weighs 14 pounds.
I think I got the 4 1/2 dram load off an old Parker loading chart. That says a lot about how shooting was in the old days.