To fire heavier loads "Just Because I Can" does nothing for me. When I visited Niagara Falls I "Could" have jumped in & gone over the falls but this held no attraction for me. Likewise Souping up a nice "Little" gun, thus having to make it heavier to handle the increased recoil hold no attraction for me. Others of course are free to do as they please. Just wanted to out in the Flip Side of the coin.
I certainly have no desire to persuade any other person on earth to try 3/4 oz. loads in a .410. We're just wired differently in that regard, Miller. Your reasoning is absolutely sensible, and I ascribe to it with my guns about 90% of the time. But, I just like to see what level of performance I can get any tool to reach. You probably wouldn't see the sense in trying to make an inline 6 cylinder run with a V-8, either. But, 30-40- years ago there was a subset of rodders who went to great lengths to see what they could make a 6 do. There were even companies selling products developed to help people do just that. No sense in us debating the "reasonableness" of 3/4 oz. loads in a .410, or of 1 oz. in a 28. There are those of us who, for our own reasons, just enjoy doing that.
As to recoil, I cannot see for the life of me how anyone would find a 3/4 oz. load of shot at 1100 fps unpleasant out of a 5 Lb.+ gun. Not referring to you, Miller, but this preoccupation with recoil is mind-blowing to me. Recoil is cumulative ............so all the experts say. I guess they know what they are talking about, but the whole subject is extremely subjective. I have gone through over 1000 rounds of 7/8 oz. loads in a 6 1/4 lb. doublegun in a day, for several days straight, with no issues. I'm no superman, either. I've seen men burn over 1000 rounds of 1 1/8 oz. loads in three hours with no recoil problems. It is just beyond the pale, to me, that a grown man is bothered by a few 3/4 to 1 oz. loads, while hunting or shooting clays, in anything over 5 lbs.
We're all different, and I appreciate other's perspectives when well stated ...............especially yours, Miller. I hope you and yours have a blessed Easter. "Sunday's coming."
All my best, SRH
