doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com If a 12ga,16ga, and a 20ga. all loaded with 1oz ?

Many years ago I shot a good number of 2½-1-7½ loads, both factory & reloads, from a 6lb Ithaca Flues. (didn't know they had weak frames in my ignorant youth, they were marked smokeless powder proof) The load was exceedingly comfortable to shoot, amassed a pile of game, but I never really patterned it in comparsion to firing 1oz from a 12ga. Later I also did some fine shooting with a 12ga Damascus J P Clabrough & Brothers also using 1oz loads loaded to approximtely the same ballistics. Note that 1oz can be loaded in 12ga to far lower pressures than in a 20ga. From a bore capacity standpoint 1oz of shot is about the equivelent of +1 3/8oz in a 12ga. A Damascus 20ga is much better suited to 3/4oz loads, 7/8oz max.