OT - Low Recoil 12 ga. Ammo

[Hobie]

Seems to me that somebody here was asking about a low recoiling shotgun for his child, child bride or bride (can't remember which ). MidwayUSA has Federal produce such a round. 7/8 oz shot, 1200 feet per second velocity, 5,000 pounds of chamber pressure.

[mescalero1]

Hey,
Good to know for us geezers who do not think it is fun to turn game birds into pink mist.

[Ysabel Kid]

Might have been me, but it would have been a couple years ago! I did get Y2K a shotgun for Christmas this year - went with a 20 gauge.

[86er]

The lightest 12b load you can buy from a major manufacturer and find in Wal-Mart or Dick's Sporting Goods and like stores is the Winchester AA Featherlite. It is a 26 gram load of 8's at 990 fps. That's a little less than an ounce of 8's that break skeet targets with authority and will knock down a dove or quail decisively.

[longarm4146]

ditto on what 86er said...have shot cases of the "featherlites" AA from Winchester and they have less felt recoil that a 20ga with standard field loads......a little pricey, but everything is right now.....

[Hobie]

I'm not a fan of 8s on dove. Small point but I use 7½s as a minimum.

[Nath]

Most our shot shell makers do what they turm training loads over here, they tend to pattern very well being a bit steadyer

Nath.

[awp101]

Would this low recoil stuff be advisable for SD in a home? Maybe less mess to clean up?

[Nath]

Trouble is awp (over here anyway) they tend to only loadm' with clay shot. I would prefer 5s up my self for large varmints

Nath.

[adirondakjack]

I use the AAs mentioned above for CAS. Out of a 28" SxS they are very easy on the arthritic body, yet I'd fully expect they'd be near 100% "one shot stop" rated at HD distances.

[Sixgun]

I bought a box of these some years back and still have a few left. They do just what the box says-------------I'm just one of those guys who needs his shoulder pushed back a bit.--------Sixgun