Sherman Bell 10ga Reloading recipes in PDF format

[charlie cleveland]

those base wads will come loose and lodge in the barrel...ive had several come loose espically in the 8 ga and 10 ga ...and these were from differant brands of shells and i was shooting smokless powder...best to lokk down the bore after each shot.... charlie

[Roundsworth]

That is good advice, Charlie. I always look for daylight before I stick a shell in any of my guns. Thanks for pitching in with info, everybody. The Baker hasn't arrived yet and I am anxious to try loading some shells for it. It will be my first venture into shotshell loading. Cheers!

[charlie cleveland]

you will like reloading...its like looking at old guns it gets into the blood stream... charlie

[Harry Collins]

Mark,

Just a heads up to wiegh the powder charge before you fill the other hopper with shot. I have not found a bushing yet that throws the charge writen in the manuals. It's a lot easier to chanbe bushings without having to deal with the shot.

Harry

[Roundsworth]

Harry, my outfit is not very sophisticated! I found a near-mint Lee hand tool for the 2-7/8" shell and will be using my new Hornady Lock and Load powder dispenser. The Hornady measure is a Godsend for all of my rifle loading. I have dippers for shot, also. Finally, I have a repaired 'roller' that does a swell job on paper and plastic hulls, should I decide to use a rolled crimp. It delivers a nice rounded roll-over. I have discovered with the pre-determined charge rotors for my RCBS Little Dandy that they fall short of their assigned charges of Unique by almost 1/2 grain. I did a lot of averaging and made notes about each rotor. I suppose volume charging is fine with less-than-maximum charges.

[Paul Harm]

Federal shells have a fiber base wad - these are the ones that can come loose and lodge in your barrel. Rem and Win don't have the fiber base wad [ to the best of my knowledge ] . There is no problem with them.
PSB - Precision Reloading's buffer material
BP - Ballistic Products buffer material
FBS - felt Blue Streak wad
NC - nitro card wad
MR - Mylat wrapper
x10x - over powder wad from Ballistic Products

notes on loads #18,68,and 69 - wad combo has a 10ga 1/4" wad and a 12ga 1/4" wad
#37 - 16 or 20ga card may be used ILO 24ga wad
hope this helps - Paul

[Paul Harm]

This is only what I do - any of these loads with plastic wads can be used with paper wads and I believe the pressures would be lower and safe. I go up 10% with the powder charge when substituting fiber wads for plastic. Use your own judgment. Paul

[J. A. EARLY]

I want to load some 1 3/8 oz loads for a 12 gauge that I will also use in a 10 gauge with gaugemates (so I only have to load up one gauge that can be used in both).

But I want a heavier load with low pressure, much as the 1 3/8 oz and 1 1/2 oz loads Bell has for 10 gauge that are in the 8000 psi or less range.

Thanks.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

I want to load some 1 3/8 oz loads for a 12 gauge that I will also use in a 10 gauge with gaugemates (so I only have to load up one gauge that can be used in both).

But I want a heavier load with low pressure, much as the 1 3/8 oz and 1 1/2 oz loads Bell has for 10 gauge that are in the 8000 psi or less range.

Thanks.

There is only one powder I know of that will deliver such results, Hodgdon Longshot. ex. below.

12ga, Federal Gold Medal Hull, Lead Shot 1 3/8 oz. Longshot 27.3gr Rem. 209P Primer, Rem. R12H Wad 7,700 PSI, 1185fps

[Paul Harm]

Harry, don't forget the 700X in 7/8oz loads. Don't like 4756 in the winter - punk loads for me. paul