favorite 12 guage recipe for pheasant

[birdhunter21]

hi all, havent reloaded 12 guage in a cpl years and i was wondering what is your favorite recipe for ringnecks?  i will be using sts shells. any starting point will be  appricieated.  i will be hunting behind  my 1 year old lab, if i can get him to listen lol  thank you

[Sx2]

I like the Fiochi 1 3/8 oz 1450 fps loads.

This isn't too bad of a load here. Reference 15th edition Winchester reloaders manual.

STS hull (way better than the newer AA's)good choice.

1 1/4 oz I'm partial to 5's  Fed 209 Primer 29.5 grains of WSF @ 1330 fps 10,700 psi.

Iv'e been using WSF lately because a frind gave me 5# for free.

[TCBrian]

 For 1 1/4 oz loads I like a AA or STS hull with 36 grains of Blue dot, Red Win wad, and win209 primer. I also like 29.5 WSF with the Wincheseter 114  wads. WSF is more versitile because it is an excellent powder for 1 1/8 oz loads as well . Many guys I shoot with like Hodgon longshot, it gets a little more velocity.

Good shooting,
Brian

[George Foster]

My favorite load for years has been a 3-1/4 dram - 1-1/4oz Live pigeon load with #6's.  With the AA or STS case I use 22.0gr to 22.5gr of Unique with the RP12 wad.  I match the primer to the case Win209 for the AA and Premier209 for the STS.  This load will give you 1220fps and will kill any pheasant you can hit.

[.45 COLT]

I also like 29.5 WSF with the Wincheseter 114  wads.

Good shooting,
Brian

Winchester has discontinued the WAA12F114 wad. Claybuster has a clone, but I haven't tried it yet.


For pheasant, the 3 1/4 - 1 1/4 - 6 load is hard to beat. I use Green Dot powder, but the load is no longer a published one.

DC