Dave, they are correct, as I checked that personally with a 1939 12ga.
I've pulled out the Hodgdon manual and I see lots of 1 1/8 12ga AA's at around 8000, and I am looking for the factory specs. We got a whole pallet of 1 oz AA ultralights and I'm thinking that they were around 8 or 8500 could be wrong. Most of the regular shooters at the club with doubles, stacks or side bys, are shooting very light practice loads. And we have a vintage shoot also.
I'm shooting a lot of 16's with 7/8 and the new Downrange wads.
Ralphy is a lot like me the first time I ever shot damascus way back when. Bundled up, motorcycle helmet and face guard, gloves, hold the gun at arms length waiting for the barrels to unravel like a spring, shrapnel pepper everywhere, I look away and pull the trigger and the gun goes pop. An d pop and pop and nothing happens and some old timer says told you so. So then I took off everything and shot a round of trap and had fun. I had bought a G grade damascus beater from Muderlak years ago, the best thing to be said about the gun was that it was original and not altered, but it had a decided clunker factor. And it was rock steady and solid with out of the box loads and I started thinking about all the wrong things said about damascus and old Parkers and how they were really much more capable than many people gave them credit for. Not delicate for sure.
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