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Does anyone have experience with a very light 12 ga. load that is commercially available? My wife has inherited a beautiful SXS from her father. It fits her like it was made for her. However, it weighs about 6 1/2 pounds. She wants to hunt grouse with it. I have looked at the Aguila mini shells in 7 1/2 shot, but there must be other "light" loads that are suitable to hunt with. I want this to be a pleasant experience for her. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I think there are a few "managed recoil" loads with 7/8 ounce of shot at reduced velocity offered by several manufacturers.
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Google RST Shotshells or Polywad Shotshells. They are both high quality shells with lower pressures and recoil designed for the older short chambered shotguns.
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Thanks Bay Dog,
That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about.
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I saw a box of some super light loads by either Remington or Winchester at Wal-mart the other day. I'd start there and see what you can find.
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Check out B&P, particularly their "high pheasant" loads. $81/10 boxes and free shipping right now for the 1 oz loads in 6 or 7 shot. Nice shells, safe in any double that's ok for smokeless powder, and not much recoil. They also have other managed recoil loads, but I don't think they come in the larger shot sizes like sixes. https://www.bandpusa.com/Shopping/index.php?cPath=65_67
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Try the Winchester low recoil/low noise loads, they are fast and do just as well as heavier loads in my experience on many doves using a SxS.
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Does anyone have experience with a very light 12 ga. load that is commercially available? Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with factory loaded stuff any more, but I load a lot of 7/8 oz 12 ga loads for sporting clays. A noticeable reduction in recoil, they pattern great, and seem to break just as many targets. I'm a big believer in lighter payloads for the majority of shotgunning.
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