Single shot shotguns

Maybe it's just me but if I want to shoot a standard 20ga load(7/8oz-1oz) I'll shoot it from a 20ga gun not a 28ga. When I started out hunting 11/16oz was a standard 28ga load and 3/4oz was a heavy load for the 28. I prefer standard loads in the gauge they are designed for. I saw a 20ga load the other day in a 3" shell of 1 5/16oz! Kind of defeats the purpose of shooting sub-gauges with their lighter carry weight, less recoil and squarer patterns if you're going to be throwing a heavy field load through the next gauge smaller and adding in all the negatives by overloading that gauge.
 
the spank said:
Maybe it's just me but if I want to shoot a standard 20ga load(7/8oz-1oz) I'll shoot it from a 20ga gun not a 28ga. When I started out hunting 11/16oz was a standard 28ga load and 3/4oz was a heavy load for the 28. I prefer standard loads in the gauge they are designed for. I saw a 20ga load the other day in a 3" shell of 1 5/16oz! Kind of defeats the purpose of shooting sub-gauges with their lighter carry weight, less recoil and squarer patterns if you're going to be throwing a heavy field load through the next gauge smaller and adding in all the negatives by overloading that gauge.
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I do not remember the 11/16 ounce load ever being a standard factory 28 gauge load.I remember the 2 1/2 inch 5/8 ounce ,2 3/4 inch, 3/4 ounce load ,1 ounce load and the old Federal 7/8 ounce factory loads,but never heard of, or saw a 28 gauge 11/16 factory load.

If a person was going to shoot a 20 gauge, instead of a 28 gauge one ounce load,might as well get a light weight 12 gauge gun and shoot 1 ounce loads out of it.:)
 
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