Yeah, it is regrettably pretty archaic. But, it is a quick guide for those misguided souls who don't know or care about the exterior ballistics of their shotgun cartridges (and those people probably buy most of the shells sold over the counter). For that reason alone dram equivalent will continue to appear on boxes of ammo. Funny thing is, the ill-informed shooter doesn't have a clue as to what dram equivalent means anyway. "Bigger numbers equal more power. Better gimmee that there box of max dram equiv, they gotta be better."
Last edited by gnoahhh; 02/24/15.
