7/8 oz 1250 fps for sporting clays
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sledman8002002
CGN Regular
- Location
- Hastings Highlands, Ont. 613 area
This was (and still is) my preferred load for sporting, trap and skeet. I've sold all my reload equipment, but I still have a few flats left.
Cardamonfrost
Regular
- Location
- Barrie, Ontario
7/8 is lots, particularly at 1250. If you are loading that yourself, you could drop it to 1100 and still be happy.
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Yes 7/8 oz does have impressive breaks from your Guerini . I shot federal 7/8 oz at the fall classic in Weymouth out of the 725 and was happy with their performance . at 1250 I am thinking they should cycle well in my maxis as well .
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All my reloads are 7/8 oz @ 1200 fps, Cabela's advertises Challenger 7/8 oz loads if you're not reloading. I've used both 700X and Titewad powder, both burned fairly dirty in my guns so you may be cleaning a gas semi more often than usual.
I've shot mine through a few semis, a 3.5" 391 Extrema 2 never missed a beat, a new A400 Excel ejected fine but didn't lock back a couple times, so it's close to not cycling. The one Maxis Sporting I tried firing them through had no issues.
I use Remington hulls with the 3/4 oz Claybuster wads (hot pink colour), seem to be a really good fit. AA hulls will probably need the 7/8 oz grey wad.
All my skeet is shot with 7/8 oz #8, unless it's foul weather. Then I use shoot and toss ammo (Challenger), most of my sporting clays are shot with 1 oz Challenger, primarily because I don't want to drag a bag of empties around with me. The 7/8 oz work fine for trap with a full choke.
I usually get 8-10 reloads out of the Remington hulls.
I've shot mine through a few semis, a 3.5" 391 Extrema 2 never missed a beat, a new A400 Excel ejected fine but didn't lock back a couple times, so it's close to not cycling. The one Maxis Sporting I tried firing them through had no issues.
I use Remington hulls with the 3/4 oz Claybuster wads (hot pink colour), seem to be a really good fit. AA hulls will probably need the 7/8 oz grey wad.
All my skeet is shot with 7/8 oz #8, unless it's foul weather. Then I use shoot and toss ammo (Challenger), most of my sporting clays are shot with 1 oz Challenger, primarily because I don't want to drag a bag of empties around with me. The 7/8 oz work fine for trap with a full choke.
I usually get 8-10 reloads out of the Remington hulls.
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I am loading Win AA hs hulls with 18 grains of hodgdon clays with a cb 1100 - 12 wad fed 209a .this combination loads a very nice looking shell . Hopefully they will pattern reasonably well . Haven't tryed them yet hopeing to on sunday for the christmas daddies benefit shoot . I have loaded thousands shells using the same hull wad and powder only in the 1oz version they preformed excellent . The hodgdon clay is very clean powder so not really conserned about fowling in the auto loader plus the fact it gets cleaned after every use .
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
I have been hand loading 12 ga. - 7/8 oz. loads for a number of years ... and more recently have gone through several flats of Kent "Velocity" 24 gram Sporting & Target Loads
( K122OS24-8.5 ) 12ga. - 24 gram # 8-1/2 lead loads @ 1250 fps. They work very nicely at Skeet, and cycle just fine in my Beretta 391 Parallel Target. They are just fine for 5-stand, and other than for long battues and rabbits, they handle most of the Sporting presentations very nicely.
Although most ISSF International 24 gram loads are +/- 1350 fps, with 7-1/2 shot, it is surprising how well they work at International Trap !
No reason at all that 1200 - 1250 fps 24 gram / 7/8 oz. loads won't work just as well at NSSA Skeet, ATA Trap, 5 Stand & the majority of Sporting Target presentations with appropriate shot sizes.
( K122OS24-8.5 ) 12ga. - 24 gram # 8-1/2 lead loads @ 1250 fps. They work very nicely at Skeet, and cycle just fine in my Beretta 391 Parallel Target. They are just fine for 5-stand, and other than for long battues and rabbits, they handle most of the Sporting presentations very nicely.
Although most ISSF International 24 gram loads are +/- 1350 fps, with 7-1/2 shot, it is surprising how well they work at International Trap !
No reason at all that 1200 - 1250 fps 24 gram / 7/8 oz. loads won't work just as well at NSSA Skeet, ATA Trap, 5 Stand & the majority of Sporting Target presentations with appropriate shot sizes.
