Square Loads = Better Performance?

[Southpaw]

Just wondering what the consensus thought was regarding square loads and pattern performance. Factory loads are one thing buy years ago when I was reloading I had read that the British were a firm believer of square loads to try and eliminate stringing issues. This was when lead shot was used for everything and before steel shot was mandated for waterfowl.

I thought there is something to it and always tried to square the loads when reloading but was not thoroughly convinced. I figured rightly or wrongly more shot in pattern was good no matter if it was a stationary target or moving target. Giving it some thought more shot in pattern for a turkey is probably a great thing. I also think that it is not too bad an issue on shot stringing for targets going away like trap or flushing game. Shot stringing is maybe a real issue for moving crossing targets but I have yet to see a modern study relating to squaring the loads as a partial cure for shot stringing. This article makes sense but as it states it still is against mainstream factory load thinking.

http://www.sidebysideshotgun.com/art...s_article.html

Here is also a video of shot stringing by gun nuts.

https://www2.bing.com/videos/search?...F71D&FORM=VIRE