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“But look at the target loads that all the major ammunition manufacturers produce. Winchester, Federal, Remington--they use their very best components and materials for their target loads. You’ll rarely see a 12-gauge load with more than 1 1/8 ounces of shot, and most of them are no heavier than a 3 ¼ dram equivalent of powder.
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That has more to do with the ATA limiting trap loads to 1 1/8 ounce beginning April 1940. Before that there were plenty of 1 1/4 ounce trap loads. These were serious trap loads in the 1930s --
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The heaviest trap/Pigeon load Western Cartridge Co. offered from 1929 to 1949 was a 12-gauge, 3-inch, Super-X, Lubaloy, handicap trap and Pigeon load with a maximum charge of progressive burning powder pushing 1 1/4 ounce of copper plated #7 or #7 1/2 shot. See the *
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