light coach gun loads

longspur rider

A friend is going start his grandson to cowboy action shoots. He is a little relucktant on the recoil of a shotgun. Want to makeup some loads in a 12ga that won't knock him on his behind but still hit the targets hard enough. Any help?

CapnMidnight

Standard lowbase trap loads should do it, if your rolling your own try 19.2grs Red Dot with Win AA wads and 1 1/8 of bigger shot, like #4. Should do the trick without much recoil.
W.D.

Mort4570

You cant shoot no. 4 shot at cas shoots,per the rule book.
back when I reloaded shot shells,green dot loads always felt real mild to my shoulder.I"d alos use no. 8,or even no.9 shot,at cas distances these shot sizes will do the job,most times,and gives a few more bb's for that 'golden bb'hit/near miss.

CapnMidnight

I hate it when I'm wrong, we used to use bigger shot when SAS first started, I think[:o)]. As stated #8 is easy to find and will work.
W.D.

44caliberkid

A trap load with 2 3/4 dram equivilent, 1 oz. No.8 (or 7 1/2) shot is about as light as it gets. Many women who trap shoot pop off 100 to 200 rounds in registered shooting.

longspur rider

I started playing with some different loads. 16 gr of clays powder & 1\2 oz of 7 1\2. no kick but not enough to knock down the target. Eventually ended up with the same amount of powder & 3\4 oz of shot. Very manageble recoil & still knockdown power.

shootuadeal

just make sure it will knock down the knock downs[:D]

ive seen at shoots where some of the lower powered shells take up to 6 shots before she managed to knock it down, it was at an odd angle though.

longspur rider

Had my target set with fairly good forward pressure & it knocked it over. Tried it 3 times with the same load, & it worked.

darksider

been shooting for about 15yrs and the load I use is 17.9clays with a 12so wad and 7/8oz 0f 6-8 shot whatever I have never had a target not fall that I hit John T Henry SASS life 7317