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Originally Posted by King Brown
I don't know where this notion started that larger and faster loads are better. I grew up in a fishing village of subsistence living. Preferred shells were low-base 1 1/8 because of cost. I doubt those gunners, mostly relatives and all of them poachers at one time or another, knew their shells were making better patterns than the more expensive "high brass."
I didn't know myself until I started competitive shooting in the big city. Consider, too, these fishermen could shoot, knew their limits, no iffy shots, always retrieved what they hit regardless of the time it took from a hunt, and their waterfowl were the heaviest kind from harbours and tubs at sea. A lot of what I see today sickens me.
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I agree, but as with most things this day, faster = better.
Would love to find just nice shooting 1 1/8 oz 1200 fps loads, that I didn't have to reload myself. You can find em in target loads. I use the Herters low recoil target loads for busting clays all the time.
But finding #6 or #5 hunting loads that are low pressure, and 1200 mv or less is hard, RST is about the only place for those, and by the time you pay shipping, they are not cheap..... Although, it's the route I go unless I load my own.