Load Limit for 3" Repro

[Richard Flanders]

I've never had a 3" chambered 20ga so don't really know what "normal" is for them. I don't even like to shoot 1oz loads in a 20ga repro due to the recoil, especially if shooting clays and going through 5-6 boxes of shells. I shoot all 1200fps, 7/8oz loads in my Parker 20's, and they're heavier than the repros and have stouter wrists. A friend had a repro 20 with a very nice curly wood stock that broke through the wrist. He sent it to a gunsmith who replaced the stock with another gorgeous curly pc of wood and when the gunsmith went out to test fire the gun the stock broke on the first shot.