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Unread 03-31-2014, 08:03 AM   #11
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How is your gun choked?
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Unread 03-31-2014, 10:10 AM   #12
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How is your gun choked?
The Parker under lifter is Full/Full.
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The Parker under lifter is Full/Full.
The 10 gauge D that I use for waterfowl is also choked full/full, with bores of .793, on a #3 frame. The load that I use in my gun is, and loaded in the hull in this order:

brass 2 7/8" hull
4 1/2 drams (by volume) Goex 3F
1/8" 9 gauge nitro card
1/4" waxed felt wad (felt punched out with a 13/16" arch punch)
1/4" dry felt wad
.030 9 gauge over shot card
1 1/2 oz. (by weight) bismuth shot buffered with Precision Reloading's spherical buffer
.030 9 gauge over shot card glued with Duco cement

I pattern 81% out of both barrels at 40 yards with this load.

It might be a bit of a hot load for an under lifter, but use your best judgement on determining it's use in your gun. The load can always be cut back in both powder and payload.

The most important thing I discovered is do not use too much wadding. I used to use a 3/8" lubed felt wad to help fill the case up closer to it's mouth, but by reducing it to a 1/4" thickness on that one wad, my patterns went from 76% to the 81%. If you use brass cases they do not have to be filled right up to the mouth.
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Forrest, my old powder/shot measure shows 1 1/2oz of shot and a 3 1/2 dram powder load, and that's with 2F powder. Four and a half drams with 3F IS A HOT LOAD. More power to ya but you could probably back it off a bit with 3F and maybe get even better patterns. JMHO but I'd use around 90 of 3F.
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