3/4 oz 20 guage

justachip said:
Does any one know the best place to get some 3/4 oz wads for a 20 guage?I would like to start my kids with some light loads.
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PM me and I will give you a name in Ontario .
If there are site supporting suppliers of shotgun reloading components I would love to know who they are to give them a try.All I know is Epps never has what I am looking for.
 
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The reloading manuals will list 3/4 oz loads. The ones with the Win. brand wads are the least hassle to reload. Read, best crimps. They have the tallest chusion section of all the wads on the market right now. They changed the design when they came out with the HS hull. Cost a little more but worth it.
 
IMHO you are better using a 12 gauge than 20 gauge for light loads, but that is just me.

To answer your question ... Hummason's in Ancaster Ontario ... 905-648-3430. They carry Winchester and Claybuster wads.
 
Beretta687EELL said:
IMHO you are better using a 12 gauge than 20 gauge for light loads, but that is just me.
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With inexperienced younger and female shooters gun weight is often more of an issue than recoil. I like like guns and very light loads for beginners.

FWIW, I think the ammo companies are missing the boat by not offering a 3/4 ounce factory 20 gauge load. I'd wager it would sell very well.
 
Dear Justachip

If you can find some Fiocchi dealers, they sell a 3/4 oz training load in 20 ga that are awesome. I shot their 7/8 oz 12 ga training loads and they were very soft and were crushing birds like no tomorrow. hope it helps if you cannot find the right combination of components.
 
Claybuster said:
With inexperienced younger and female shooters gun weight is often more of an issue than recoil. I like like guns and very light loads for beginners.

FWIW, I think the ammo companies are missing the boat by not offering a 3/4 ounce factory 20 gauge load. I'd wager it would sell very well.
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IMHO, it is not necessarily the weight, but the balance of the gun. I feel that a short barrel and 7/8 oz load in a 12 gauge is better than 3/4 oz in a 20 gauge.

I can't argue your very valid point on the 3/4 oz 20 gauge loads.
 
Beretta687EELL said:
IMHO you are better using a 12 gauge than 20 gauge for light loads, but that is just me.
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I don't know if they are better but the 12 gauge will load a really nice 3/4 oz load. Actually my bushings throw slightly less than 3/4 oz. I have never tried them on trap but they sure work good on skeet targets. I think they would be great for easy targets set for a beginning shooter.
 
Covey Ridge said:
I don't know if they are better but the 12 gauge will load a really nice 3/4 oz load. Actually my bushings throw slightly less than 3/4 oz. I have never tried them on trap but they sure work good on skeet targets. I think they would be great for easy targets set for a beginning shooter.
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What are the details on this load CR? I ended up using 7/8 and wasn't all that successful at loading 3/4. Would like to try again. Fred
 
BCFred said:
What are the details on this load CR? I ended up using 7/8 and wasn't all that successful at loading 3/4. Would like to try again. Fred
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Fred,
Instead of risking making a mistake with my numb fingers, I have sent you all my 3/4 oz. recipies by private email. I particularly liked the ones with red dot or promo powder and the 12SO or DRXXL wad.
 
Covey Ridge said:
Fred,
Instead of risking making a mistake with my numb fingers, I have sent you all my 3/4 oz. recipies by private email. I particularly liked the ones with red dot or promo powder and the 12SO or DRXXL wad.
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Be careful with the claybuster 12SO clones . They have changed the skirt diameter and do not work like they used to in the Win. Rem. hulls.
 
just drop a lima bean in on top of the shot and crimp it. My kids have shot so many lima bean capped 3/4 oz loads at the club shooting skeet we should be growing them.
 
I loaded up some 3/4 oz last year to use in my Ruger 20 ga sporting clays gun for skeet. From Alliant's web site

Win 209 primer, 14.5gr Green Dot, WAA20 wad 3/4oz shot 1,200fps @9,940psi

I used old CFAA hulls I still have. Broke clay very well when I did my part right.:rolleyes:In a moderate weight gun like mine recoil was almost non existent.

The hulls came out a little dirty. I tried them in my 1100 and had ejection problems so I will stick to using them in an O/U.

I think they would make an excellent starting load for a smaller framed beginner using a lighter weight 20 ga.

John
 
Claybuster said:
FWIW, I think the ammo companies are missing the boat by not offering a 3/4 ounce factory 20 gauge load. I'd wager it would sell very well.
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CB - In light of the discussion, I take it that you were referring solely to the factory "target" loads? Are the individual clubs generally regulated so as not to even permit 20ga 3/4oz Win Game Load types? Come to think of it, I may still have a flat of Win AA 3/4oz of #9s in 20ga...not sure will take a look again as I don't shoot clay that often.
 
Ahsan Ahmed said:
CB - In light of the discussion, I take it that you were referring solely to the factory "target" loads? Are the individual clubs generally regulated so as not to even permit 20ga 3/4oz Win Game Load types? Come to think of it, I may still have a flat of Win AA 3/4oz of #9s in 20ga...not sure will take a look again as I don't shoot clay that often.
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3/4 ounce? I've only seen 20 gauge in 7/8 and 1 ounce in 2-3/4 inch.
 
Claybuster said:
3/4 ounce? I've only seen 20 gauge in 7/8 and 1 ounce in 2-3/4 inch.
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Checked my Win AA 20ga....you are right those are 7/8oz loads of #9s.

I did use a flat of Win Game Loads (white boxes) 20ga in 3/4oz courtesy of Epps a while back.....exhausted most of those on Chukars/clay and gave a few boxes to a friend who was in the process of introducing his kids to a 20ga.
 
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