SBT

[Jeff Christie]

I feel your pain with regulation loads. I have severely worn out shoulders and am very recoil sensitive. I load 7/8 oz loads for my SC. Sometimes even 3/4 ounces. I have rarely felt I lost a bird from lack of shot. Usually I peek or flinch. Even with the reduced loads I rarely shoot more than two rounds. I probably wouldn’t shoot any trap at all but the SC is just so cool and fun to shoot. You should have many more years of fun with yours. Go for it.

[bob lyons]

Thanks
Another member suggested 7/8 oz light loads as well. I’m going to try them as well.
John what size shot do you prefer on singles ?

[John Davis]

A 7/8 ounce load is fine for the first shot in doubles and great for singles practice, but there’s no reason to handicap yourself in competition, unless you are super recoil sensitive as Jeff alluded to.

I prefer 8 shot for singles and first shot of doubles. 7 1/2’s for handicap and second shot of doubles.

[John Davis]

One other thing that might be worth mentioning is you want to keep the speed of what you practice with close to what you shoot in competition. In other words, you don’t want to practice with a 1325 fps 7/8 load and compete with an 1145 fps 1 1/8 ounce load. I often practice singles with 1200 fps 7/8 or 1 ounce loads and then compete with the 1145 fps 1 1/8’s.

[GunnerGrilli]

Originally Posted by John Davis

One other thing that might be worth mentioning is you want to keep the speed of what you practice with close to what you shoot in competition. In other words, you don’t want to practice with a 1325 fps 7/8 load and compete with an 1145 fps 1 1/8 ounce load. I often practice singles with 1200 fps 7/8 or 1 ounce loads and then compete with the 1145 fps 1 1/8’s.

John is exactly correct Bob. Trap Shooting in my humble opinion is a game of consistency. The same goes for your loads...............I personally prefer shooting the same shells in practice as well as competitively. I hope you do well with your SBT. They are fantastic guns.


Bobby

[bob lyons]

Bobby
I can’t thank you enough!
The gun is great and one that will get passed down to one of my boys.
I was not able, so far to pick up some of the loads you mentioned, however I was able to get the ones mentioned in previous post.
I was hoping to try them out this past Sunday however an unexpected trip to the ER messed up the week end.
Hopefully I will be able to try out a few different loads next Sunday or Thursday.

[Frank Good]

Beautiful SBT!

I shoot 1oz/1180-1200 fps for trap and find them nice and soft on the shoulder. Recently I tried some Rio Evo 24gm training loads. They have a published MV of 1360fps. I shot two boxes through my Perazzi TMS that wears a PFS stock. They barely moved the recoil reducer. I could feel maybe half the normal travel compared to a 1oz 1200fps load. Then I switched guns and ran two boxes through my Model 12 Pigeon Grade Trap and there was ZERO difference in felt recoil between it and my TMS. If you can get them in your area they may be worth trying in your SBT. They were extremely soft shooting and absolutely inkballed targets.