Just let me enjoy my 3/4 fun loads.
Nobody's wanting to stop anyone from shooting what they want, Lucky1. Fun is what it's all about, or should be, for all of us. I'm just trying to get a complete understanding of reasons why people shoot 3/4 oz. loads in a 12 ga. gun. I shoot 3/4 oz. loads, too, in 28s and .410s.
So far what I seem to see is that those who want to use 3/4 oz. loads in a 12 have convinced themselves that they break targets, or kill birds, as well as they NEED them to. And, that's fine. No problem with that. When you're picking butterbeans out of your garden you use a basket, not a combine.
I cannot be convinced that they will perform equal to a 1 oz. or 1 1/8 oz. load in ALL circumstances, and no one so far has tried to. However, if someone finds that they perform well enough in THEIR realm of circumstance, more power to them. All good.
