Reloading 2.5 inch 12 & 20 gauge low pressure

[Jay Oliver]

Red Dot is a great powder for 12 gsuge low pressure loads as well.

[Mike of the Mountain]

I load Greed Dot in 20g and Clays in 12g. Plenty of available powders to choose from for both 12 and 20. Gualandi wads from BP are excellent for the short shells. You can use nitro cards, fiber wads, etc, but the short wads are easy. You can load spreaders too with BP Brush Wads for the 20g. Good stuff.

Unless your gun is chambered to only shoot 2 1/2" shells, there's no reason not to shoot reduced power 2 3/4" 20g or 12g shells. If the barrel walls are safe, chambers are correct, you can keep the shells in the range that Edgar described, 1 oz to 7/8 oz at 1160-1180 FPS for 12g and 3/4 oz to 7/8 oz 1160-1200 FPS 20g. You can load slower, but try a few first. Sometimes the slower loads don't achieve a full burn and leave the bores rather dirty.