Last year I pulled apart some 3 1/2 12ga buckshot loads (15 pellet of 00). I used the scavenged buckshot and buffer to make a 2 7/8" 10ga buckshot load. I made a 9 pellet (1 1/8 ounce load) stacking the pellets and filling the voids with buffer. It was propelled by 19 grains of Red Dot. I fired 2 of them through my Rem 1894 A grade that has .045 and .046 for choke. At 30 yards both barrels put all 9 pellets in a 30" circle. Both barrels also put 4 of those 00 pellets in a 10" and 12" circle close to the point of aim. Those tight chokes did not blow the pattern, the buffer did not blow up the gun. If I was inclined to hunt a deer with buckshot in this gun I think it would do the trick.
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