The reason I ask about buffer is that years ago in another life [ early 1970's ] when lead was legal for waterfowl I used a MLing 8ga O/U I had made with 400grs of 1F and 4 oz of shot - 30 .30cal RB's. We hunted farm fields and I couldn't hit anything - about 30yds away. Got back home and a fellow showed me a article from White Laboratories . It was high speed photos of buckshot that didn't use buffer and wasn't in layers - all the shot went every which way 15 feet out of the barrel. They claimed the balls needed to be stacked flat and buffer used to keep them from trying to go into the space ahead of them as they went down the barrel. Using a MLer, I just dumped them in after the cushion wad was seated. I never had a reason to try buckshot again till now, but enough buck in a 10ga sounds like a good close range deer load. The only buffer I've seen for sale is from BPI. Anyone else sell it ?
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Paul Harm
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