Theodore,
I hunt primarily with an EH 10 Hammerless weighing a mere 9 lbs 3 oz. With 1 3/8 oz Nice Shot at 1200 fps it is deadly on Canada Geese at over 60 yards. Please know that those 60 yard shots were measured over decoys. I would not attempt shooting that far for pass shooting.
I think my trusty EH or even my 10+ pound Parkers would recoil too much if I were to shoot Black Cloud. BC is pretty fast steel shot and to me, best suited for an autoloader that softens the “felt recoil”. BC and other modern steel loads seem to have very sharp recoil from a fixed breach gun. This probably is property of the burn rate of the powders they use.
I have also used 1 1/8 oz Nice Shot at 1200 fps in a 12 gauge 7 and a half pound LC Smith. This combination killed geese cleanly over those same 60 yard decoys.
My 10 and 12 gauge waterfowl loads are low pressure starting at 6500 psi plus 1500 psi for the hardness of the Nice Shot. Neither the 10 nor 12 gauge recoil sharply. I feel a push rather than a punch. As stated, they are very deadly on big geese.
Please see the reloading threads where we 10 gauge guys discuss our loads. No one ever mentions excessive recoil.
For what it’s worth,
Mark
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