Three-quarter ounce for skeet?

[ninepointer]

I just made made some 3/4 oz. 20 ga. loads instead of my usual 7/8 oz. skeet loads. Anybody here shoot 3/4 oz.? Am I handicapping myself?

 

[Claybuster]

I shoot 3/4 ounce loads often but in 28 gauge. In 20 they should perform just as well at skeet distances.

 

[R&R Rancher]

Probably not. My experience was that if I did my part the bird was smoked. If I failed then 1-3/4 would not have helped. Recoil in my Ruger 20 was definitely reduced. My 1100 20 would not cycle them. The gun was clean, but I did not look at the recoil spring.

I was using Green Dot in old AACF hulls and they looked a bit dirty, but I don't mind that.

John

 

[NZClaybuster]

For skeet 3/4 oz is enough if you put them in the right place. As I get older I intend on getting good enough to use 1/4 oz, sure hope I live that long.

 

[catnthehatt]

Pretty much all I use in my 20's and 28's.
Cat

 

[fiddler]

I occasionally load some 3/4 skeet loads in 20G for my Girlfriend. But only because she is a pipsqueak at 5 foot nothin and it reduces the recoil a bit. To me, not much of a difference and I prefer to go 7/8 or 1 oz.

 

[Donski]

WIN209 primers;
14 gr. American Select;
Clay Buster 20 ga. (WW20 equ.)
3/4 oz, #9;
1200ft/sec.

Works great!

 

[Shruby]

I shoot 3/4 in both my 28 ga and 20 ga alot and love them in both cases.
not only on the skeet field but for upland hunting as well