Walmart winchester AA

[J.B. Books]

Wayne the calculator can provide some useful information. A 26 gram load is a little heavier than 7/8 ounce. If I add 34.1 grains for a AA wad and use 15 grains as an estimate for the powder charge that 980 fps load is generating 8 ft lbs recoil in my 8 lb gun. That's 27% less recoil than my 1200 fps 7/8 load. That is going to be a very mild load.

[Gary]

Instead of no recoil maybe we should say managed recoil..
the 980 load is very nice in the old SxS's. It doesnt beat you up or the gun..
Just not sure how great it is for SC.. works well in skeet though.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Big D,

The recoil formula be it on paper or calculator uses muzzle velocity as a factor and NOT pressure. Peak pressure is certainly not a factor. As you deduced, the total units of pressure over the time from primer ignition to wad leaving the barrel (and maybe a smiggon or time after that?) is what does the work of accelerating the wad and shot to muzzle velocity.

I agree with your theory of slower burning powder creating less felt recoil but there have been tests conducted that resulted in the opposite! Go figure...

[wayne goerres]

Doe,s your gun have 2 1/2 in chambers. Don,t know if that would cause it but cant think of any other reason.

[Eldon Goddard]

They are 2 3/4'' chambers I had them checked as I did not trust my homemade chamber gauge.

[wayne goerres]

You might try putting a couple of rounds in it and then reopen it without fireing the rounds. If your gun opens normaly than look for heavy foweling around the breach. I ran mine through 2 guns. My fox has 2 5/8 chambers and my parker has 2 3/4 chambers. Seemed ok.

[Eldon Goddard]

I did not think of that I will have to try it next time. I do not think the chamber is fowled but I will clean it just in case.