Parker V Grade ?

[Bruce Day]

I've bought and shot commercial store loads for years. For 12ga upland hunting, I buy 1 1/8oz /3 dram 2 3/4" loads for both fluid steel and damascus. I shoot lighter for clays.

I haven't found there is any difference in recoil between 2 1/2 and 2 3/4" shells. And if you look at the recoil formula, shell length is not a factor. It runs out to about a 300psi difference in chamber pressure but I can't tell any difference and I figure, recklessly perhaps, that my guns aren't going to blow with a 300psi increase. Moreover, if a person is really concerned about shell length, try measuring a AA fired hull and you'll find it is around 2 5/8".

People have their favorite products and loads and you make up your own mind.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

I haven't found there is any difference in recoil between 2 1/2 and 2 3/4" shells. And if you look at the recoil formula, shell length is not a factor.

I have a 1928 VH 20 ga. with 2 5/8" chambers and it is the most uncomfortable gun to shoot with 'off the shelf' ammo that I own. When I shoot low-pressure 2 1/2" ammo it is a joy to shoot.

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People have their favorite products and loads and you make up your own mind.

I second that statement.