20ga Trojan loads

[Joe from MO]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

I shoot 7/8 and 3/4 oz loads out of my Parker and Lefever 20g guns. Fiocchi, Rem, Win, Nobel are all good to go. Most but not all of my commercial shells are 1220 fps and that's where I try to use as my max. I'm not worried about bbls or any metal issues. I am more concerned with the stock head.

The Nobel 20ga Low Recoil is what I picked up last week. They shoot very well out of the gun.

I have a Browning CXS for my hardcore clay busting. So, these will work in the little 20ga for me. Hopefully, RST starts making some 20ga before next fall. In the meantime, I'll shoot an occasional round with the Trojan with these to keep me familiar with it.

[William Davis]

I load two 20G shells. 7/8 oz in Remington hulls, use in 20G Barrels on a 12 G Beretta o/u and Beretta 391 Autoloader either one usually carry LM chokes. And 3/4 oz in AA hulls oz for my Two Parker Trojan 20’s. The Parkers are tight choked, result on target patterns 3/4 7/8 are about the same. Parkers lighter with slimmer stocks pleasant to shoot with 3/4, felt recoil about the same as the 8 lb Berettas (391 weight added) (different hulls easy to identify.)

Loading 3/4 best information is a sticky on Shotgun World reloading page https://www.shotgunworld.com/threads...ustice.421067/

In practice only difference wad, bit less 20/28 powder & little adjustment to the press. Factory 3/4 20s great SxS shells problem is reliable supply.

William

[Dean Romig]

A Trojan is about as stout a gun as you're likely to find.





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[William Davis]

Dean my take it’s not the guns strength it’s how you shoot it and what load it needs to do the job. No doubt we can go around 100 bird clays course with a Trojan and factory 7/8 loads but most will be affected by recoil. 3/4 at 1150 fps is ideal for targets and small birds.

William

[Dean Romig]

Agreed.





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[ED J, MORGAN]

I use federal game loads when out of RSTs. in my Trojan.