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Originally Posted by Bruce Day (Post 371068)

The standard 12 ga load was 3 drams 1 1/8oz. The 3 dram equivalent today is 1180 to 1200 fps. You will be able to find many commercial loads in that category . Heavy loads used by Parker in 2 frame 12 guage guns were 3 1/4 dram 1 1/4 oz. Most shooters prefer light loads for targets and small birds .

BINGO!! No reason to beat yourself up or the stock with snotty loads when lighter loads will accomplish the same thing.

The OP stated his gun is of 1926 vintage. That is four years after the progressive burning smokeless powder, high velocity, 1 1/4-ounce loads --Western Super-X, Remington Heavy Duck Load soon to morph into Nitro Express, Peters High Velocity, etc. came on the market.

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And a couple of years after SAAMI specs came into the U.S. arms and ammunition industry.

The issue isn't that will the metal of a sound gun handle these loads, it will, but do you want to subject nearly 100-year-old wood and your shoulder to the recoil forces.