2oz 20 gauge TSS load

[MStrky]

Does anyone shoot/load a 2oz #9 TSS load for a 20 gauge?

[SumToy]

If you going that big shoot a 12.   No need in anything more then 1.625.   I always ask (How dead you want it?)

Then ask you (How dead is dead?)

[Bowguy]

I'd imagine the pressures would be more than likely unsafe

[wchadw]

Hal has a 1 7/8oz load....


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[golfernash]

There is a 2 1/8 load for a 20. It requires dental work post shot

[Bowguy]

Uh huh I've seen some of those  loads blow barrels, hulls get stuck, chokes shot out more than once to name a few. Did I mention the pressure might be high?

[MStrky]

I load 12 gauge shells but I don't do any experimenting. I load the recipes that I was sent and found what shot best for me and thats what I load. I don't know anything about pressures other than what I was told about the pressures for my load. BOSS shotshells is advertising one and thats the first 2oz 20 gauge load I had seen. I see Rocky Ridge ammo has 2 loads of 2oz for a 20 gauge, Epic shotshells also has a 2oz load. Seeing different companies that offer this makes me think its safe? Or is it to much of a risk due to pressures and messing up a gun?

[golfernash]

I've shot the 1 7/8 and 2 1/8 loads as well as numerous loads with less payload in the 20. I currently shoot a 1.75 oz load in one gun and a 1 5/8 is load in another. The recoil is slightly less in the 1.75 to be honest but all loads heavier than that would put your d..k in your watch pocket

[BandedSpur]

Got to be hard on a gun designed around a 1.25 oz load.

[bbcoach]

Keep your shots inside 40 yards and it won't be necessary with the 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 ounce loads manufactured today.  Dental work, busted shoulders, gun barrels, chokes, injury and death aren't worth it.     

[Tom007]

I shoot a Foxtrot 1-7/8 oz TSS load in my 16 gauge which is a 2-3/4 inch load. The recoil is very tolerable. It patterns as good as any one of my 12's.

[Greg Massey]

For myself I have never seen the need to shoot a 20 gauge 2 oz load. I have used 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 oz with good success... Everything has limits .... IMO


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[LMO]

Hal has 20ga loads up to 2-1/4oz,

[Taxidermist58]

I'd imagine the pressures would be more than likely unsafe

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[Marc]

I saw that Boss makes a 2 oz 20 gauge load when I was looking for shells for my daughter...  I would not shoot such a load, much less let my child do so...

A 20 gauge is known for less recoil due simply to the fact of having less payload.  But some of these light-weight 20 gauge guns will kick more than most 12 gauge loads with standard loads, and put a super hot payload in the gun, and the recoil is going to be unacceptble.   

I used to shoot 2.0 oz loads of lead in my 12 ga.  Once had a bird on a steep hill that I had to shoot above and to my right, and after firing, I went rolling down the hill with the bird I shot.

A 7/8 oz load is standard in a 20 ga. and a 1 oz load is considered "high brass," or a hot load in 2 3/4" with 1.25 oz load being the standard (in lead) for a 3" 20 ga.  Those 3" loads have more punch in my light 20 ga., than 3" loads in my 12 gauge (at least to me).  I want nothing to do with a 2 oz load in any gun, much less a 20 ga.