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It was stressed to me that it wasn't the length so much in these older guns, but punishing that 100 year old wood.
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I shot the Remington dove and quail loads in a DH damascus gun with 25/8" chambers for several years.Recoil was not bad and no damage to the gun.
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I would consider RST 3/4 oz loads. Very light recoil and effective.
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Thanks for all replays
But I have one more question and that is what type of 16 gauge RST shells are good for skeet?
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If you have saved your old 2 1/2 inch Polywads, or if you purchase some RST's and save the empties, learning to reload those hulls would save you a ton of money. As for what's good for Skeet...I use 7/8 oz. of #9 shot. RST carries that load.
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As I only shoot casual, or “fun”, skeet, I use RST Ultra Lite, 2 ½ -inch; 3/4-ounce; 1100 velocity 16-gauge loads in the 0-frame and 1-frame VH guns I have.
So, in a session of 4 rounds, or 100 targets, neither the gun nor my old, once-injured, shoulder is subject to undue impact. For deep woods bird hunting I move up to RST 7/8-ounce loads at 1125. Reloading is its own hobby and may make economic sense, but I just don’t do it anymore. The service from RST has been good, and if anything is amiss or is misunderstood, it gets straightened out to my satisfaction with personal telephonic or email communications.
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09-22-2020, 08:35 AM | #20 | ||||||
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You can pick up on eBay a mec 600 and convert a 12 to a 16 fairly easily and add a 1/4 inch spacer to reload RST 2 1/2 hulls. There are several low pressure recipes suited for this application and if I remember correctly there is a thread that discussed loading at length.
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