Titanic Steel

[Bruce Day]

Pete, I absolutely agree and do shoot light recoil loads much of the time. But lets take for example the 1 1/4 1275 fps load you have above. The recoil formula doesn't care what pressure was generated by the slower burning 800x powder and I suspect without calculating that the recoil is about the same with that load as it is with for example a 1 1/4 commercial Fed Game Shoc load that runs about the same speed. With your load,the pressure for barrel hoop stress is likely less than the Fed commercial load. So again, cutting back the weight and speed of everything that comes out of the barrel is the only way to reduce recoil, and sometimes I feel that I want the max, and if I have a gun in good shape, why shouldn't I use it to its capabilities once in a while?

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

and sometimes I feel that I want the max, and if I have a gun in good shape, why shouldn't I use it to its capabilities once in a while?

I don't believe I said you shouldn't. My point is the best advice to anyone new to a Parker shotgun is to be kind to it in all ways including use of lower pressure, lower recoil loads when possible recognizing most guns are sporting some old wood (wow now there's an opening)