I've killed several deer with handloaded buckshot in a 10 gauge .
Used 000 , 00 , 0 and #1 .
All pushed with SR7625 and inside REM SP-10 wads . Last couple years I've used WIN Grex buffer as well .
With 000 I got 8 pellets in a shell with 2 pellets per layer . In 00 I get 3 pellets per layer and four layers but its a bit tight in diameter . With 0 I again get three per layer and four layers and this one does the best .
BPI sells a 0000 that's about .38 caliber I wanna try these at some point but it'll have to be done without the SP-10 . I'll have to use the old style wad system and a mylar wrap .
FWIW , I've also handloaded Buck #2 , #3 and #4 with pretty decent results in the 10 gauge .
What I need now is to have a mold cut for the 10 gauge that closely resembles the Lyman 525 grain 12 gauge sabot mold . That 12 gauge mold loads very well in CB AA12 wads and shoots pretty darned well in smoothbore guns , so I'm hoping I can do the same thing for the 10 gauge and maybe later the 16 !
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