Number one reason we have size 7 1/2 shot ............. people buy it. If they did not the market forces would work and eventually there would be none for sale.
If I had to give up either 7 1/2s or 8s, the 8s would go bye-bye. I could be quite happy using 7 1/2s for everything I shoot with the exception of ducks and geese. Clay bird games (including registered sporting), dove, quail, woodcock, snipe, flyers. When it was legal for ducks I killed a many a woodie and teal with 1 1/8 oz. of 7 1/2 lead. I just bought 10 flats of RIO 1 oz. 7 1/2s.
SRH
