Thanks everyone. It seems I've got more to work with than I thought.

I'm not crazy about 1 oz. loads in the 20, either. The 7/8 oz. has suited me just fine in a 20 for dove and quail for as long as I can remember, but I have a different situation now. The Sterlingworth Ejector I have will not regulate with 7/8 oz. loads, and regulates fine with 1 oz. loads at about 1150.

We'll just have to try some 1 oz. loads and pick the best patterning, if I am to keep the gun for quail. If I've learned anything about patterning, and regulation with different loadings, it's that you can't outthink it. You have to go to the plate and just try different loads.


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