4/26/2023 0 Comments 8 gauge reloading data![]() ![]() ![]() Ron Reiber of Hodgdon assisted me in the development of several loads for my gun that churn ups a bit less than 8,000-psi and yet they are quite deadly in the field. My 51„2-pound Westley Richards double in 20-gauge was built during the 1930s and while its action is tight as a tick, I have no desire to pound it to pieces with heavy factory loads, some of which generate close to 12,000-psi chamber pressure. Light-recoil handloads are also just the ticket for older guns. It is excellent medicine for shooting skeet, for 16-yard trap, for some shots in sporting clays, for shooting quail over a pointing dog and for most of the dove shooting I do. Reloading allows me to back off on the throttle to around 1,150-fps with 7„8 ounce of shot and in doing so make a 12-gauge gun kick like a 28-gauge gun. On top of that, recoil is more than some shooters want in a lightweight gun. Factory loads with either of those shot charges are loaded to 1,325 feet per second (fps) and higher and that's faster than necessary for some of the applications for which a light shot charge is so well suited.
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