Sporting Clays

[C.O.B.]

I can still shoot after a hard night with or with out horizontal eyes I remember a particular day at the U.P. shoot

[Christopher Piercey]

Yeah but you gotta shoot light loads or your ol' noggin takes a pounding

[Mills]

Shot with one of my LC Smith 12 Field Grades today, so did not need RST shells. It reminded me how much easier RST shells are compared to regular shot.

[Christopher Piercey]

My dad loads 20 gauge shells with 28 gauge loads and puts a Cheerio on top of the shot. It hardly kicks at all there's only 50 less feet per second.

[Double Lab]

I load 3/4oz. (28ga load) in my 20ga loads now using the new Claybuster 3/4oz wad and 20/28 Alliant powder. A real winner.

[Christopher Piercey]

Great target loads, we load 'em in No. 8s or 9s

[Paul Harm]

All I load is 3/4oz in the 12ga. It might give too tight a pattern. We shot a round of clays Sunday and 4 out of the 5 guns on my squad were SxS's. Three were Parker lifters. Dave was shooting a Parker lifter 10 [with 10/12 Gaugemates] he just bought at Bachelders and the firing pin broke. Luckly I had an extra I made up at home. That and some Coke can shim made it tight again. He'll get it redone at Bachelders soon as Brad finishes up with a couple he has over there. At my club half or more shoot SxS's.

[charlie cleveland]

paul them 3/4 ounce 12 ga are doing a fine job on doves when i see one to shoot at.. and they are knocking down birds at unreal ranges 45 to 55 steps... charlie

[Paul Harm]

I've read that the 3/4oz load will tighten up patterns too much at skeet ranges [ 20 yds]. There's less deformation of the last shot in the shot column so more stays round and in the pattern. We seem to break clays nice out to 35/40 yds with skeet chokes.

[Christopher Piercey]

It seems to be more consistent, not necessarily tighter