One oz. or 1 1/8 oz.?

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I bought a flat of the Mirage shells yesterday.

$5.00 cheaper than the Remington gun club loads, but they are one oz. loads compared to Remington's 1 1/8 oz.

As a beginner (my second time out tomorrow) will this, with all other things consdiered, be likely to reduce my percentage of hits?

I'm new at this clay thing, having only shot sporting clays twice, informally shot hand thrown and launched clays twice and only one previous outing at skeet.
 
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MD, there are 410 pellets of #8 shot in a 1 oz. load, 462 in 1 1/8 oz. If you can't hit the target using 410 pellets, I doubt that an extra 52 will help you. On the other hand the softer shooting, lower recoil 1 oz. load will undoubtedly help you over many rounds of clays. I don't know many serious shooters who use 1 1/8th oz. loads any more.

Try and spend a few of those shells on a patterning board. You will learn where your gun shoots, and you will gain confidence when you see the nice, dense pattern you are throwing. (Or, you will learn about a problem, and then you can fix it).

Sharptail
 
I shoot mostly 7/8s ounce reloads in 12 gauge. Very soft shooting and pattern well. I might step up to 1 ounce loads and go to a larger shot size for longer targets but rarely shoot 1-1/8 ounce any more.

Some of the newer sporting loads are 1-1/8 ounce at +1,300fps. That's a teeth jarring load and I'd rather have less shot and less recoil.
 
There is a pattern board at the club I'm attending tomorrow. I just made up 12 sheets of pattern paper in eager anticipation of trying out a variety of waterfowl loads as well as seeing exactly how the Mirage loads pattern.
 
Many people don't like to admit that recoil bothers them. I went to 7/8 oz. loads years ago and if anything I'm shooting better now than ever. Don't shoot 1 1/8 oz. loads in my Beretta 686 very often. When I get a good deal on a flat of those I turn to my trusty 11-87 for less felt recoil. 1 oz. is PLENTY for all Sporting targets. Don't give your ammo another thought. Go out there, concentrate on the target and let loose.:) :)
 
I had been shooting 3 dram loads for my 1100 for quit a few years, so that's what I kept using after I got the K32. It was good in practice, but after the first 700 target weekend I was one sore puppy. I even caught myself flinching toward the end of the shoot. My doubles were embarrasing.

I have since switched to 2 3/4 dram and the difference was immediate and drastic. :)

There are a few guys that shoot 2 3/4 dram 7/8 oz reloads, and they are really nice for doubles.
 
A good 1oz. load of 8's will VERY effectively take care of 90 percent of all
your clay target needs. In fact, we would all probably benefit from shooting
7/8 oz. loads on a more regular basis. Cuts down a little on cost if you're reloading and they are certainly more comfortable to shoot over the long haul too !

FITASC now specifies a 28 gram (just under 1 oz.) maximum load for International Sporting , and ISSF ( International/Olympic) events have been 24 gram (just under 7/8 oz.) for quite some time now, after having been 28 gram previously.

Good chokes and good shells ... good paterns ... good scores !
 
A good 1oz. load of 8's will VERY effectively take care of 90 percent of all your clay target needs.
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I agree. I use 1 oz loads for singles and my first shot in doubles. I use a very mild ( 1100 fsp) 1 1/8 oz load for handicap and second doubles shot.

In trap, there are still some guys who use only 11/8 oz loads, but they shoot Perazzi's with recoil devices of every kind. I shot this very nice perazzi with a recoil device a few weeks ago and you could load it with 5 drams loads and you wouldn't feel a thing. It was amazing.

However I don't own a Perazzi so I need to reload with recoil in mind. I have found that using the 1 oz loads has helped my scores. I tried shooting a 700-1000 target event with only 11/8 oz loads and my head was mile off the stock by the end of the second day. Recoil is mean and can effect even the best shooters.

I don't know anyone who uses 7/8oz loads for trap but I am sure there are some.

Jacky
 
Imagine how much LESS lead would be left on the ground at North American clubs if 24 grams was mandated for ALL clay target games.:) Just a thought.
 
If ya don't hit it with 1 oz you would have missed with 1 1/8 oz. I started my 13 yr old daughter 8 weeks ago with 3/4 oz 20ga load in a 12 ga. gun with chamber inserts. She is hitting 15-18 per 25 target round at the gun club and the targets are hit with authority. Recoil is negligable. I shot a round of them through my k-32 tube set and ran a straight , I was so impressed with the hits and recoil that I think I may switch also.
So bottom line, more is not always better. Shoot the 1 oz and enjoy the lite recoil. Also many guns pattern a smaller more balanced load better resulting in great patterns and good hits.
 
7/8 oz for me for singles and the first shot of doubles.I don't like recoil and 7/8ths of an ounce breaks these targets just fine.
Dave
 
I used the AA low-noise/low-recoil and they worked just fine. The lighter load really didn't affect my scores, they were equally as bad as when I shoot 1oz or 1 1/8oz but the low-recoil and low-noise was pretty sweet!
 
Recently I have started to load 7/8 oz loads. With the price of cheap factory loads this is the only load I reload. I use it mostly for practice and use light 2 3/4 dram 1 1/8 for competition. The 7/8 is working so well in practice that I will take some along for the short shots in sporting.
 
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