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What 20ga load for doves #3479978
09/05/21 08:48 AM
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What do y’all like for doves? I’ve never hunted with a 20 before.....usually shoot 6’s with a full choke out of a 12ga.


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Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3479994
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I prefer 1oz #6 or #7.5 but just ole 7/8oz #7.5 will work fine. My wife killed her limit yesterday with 7/8oz #7.5 in a Franchi affinity with modified choke. I shoot a Franchi Al48 26” IC.

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Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480001
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Rio 1 oz #8.

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480010
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I usually shoot 7/8 of 7.5’s or 8s.

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480179
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The 1250 fps Rio 1 ouncers in 7.5 are my all time favorite dove load. Always got em at Academy. They have been impossible to find this year though. Sux.


"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480374
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1 ounce high brass 9’s

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: JUGHEAD] #3480382
09/05/21 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JUGHEAD
The 1250 fps Rio 1 ouncers in 7.5 are my all time favorite dove load. Always got em at Academy. They have been impossible to find this year though. Sux.

I like those myself...
That al48 be cam mentioned is one of my favorites...super light and dependable


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Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480459
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Fiocchi HV 8 or 9s. Whatever you can find these days

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3480586
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I have always shot Estate 1oz 7.5 or 8. I am down to just a few cases of them left then will probably switch to Fiocchi like crenshawco posted if I cannot find Estates.

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: blade] #3481148
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Originally Posted by blade
1 ounce high brass 9’s

Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: GomerPyle] #3481420
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I seem to have answered my own question...........the correct answer is "Whatever you can find". There is no 12 or 20ga ammo to be found in Tuscaloosa County on a store shelf. Fortunately I found a couple boxes of 12 and a couple of 20 stashed away in my hunting closet that I completely forgot I even had.


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Re: What 20ga load for doves [Re: abolt300] #3481921
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Originally Posted by abolt300
Rio 1 oz #8.

Or 1-1/4 oz #8


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