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I know that area well.
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Place we had on Hiproof was owned by the Newcomb family and originally leased by Tom Fleming then he sold out to the two guys I hunted with . Across the road Brad Dysinger of Maryland trap shooting fame had a lease or so I was told as it was a skoosh before I arrived on the scene . I killed a few deer the years I was with that group but a pickup truck would not carry all the good food and drinks consumed in camp and at the local resteraunts . Ate a bunch at Irish’s Resteraunt which no longer exists I believe .
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Guys, if I may, just a few comments on slugs and buckshot. Back in the day, I did a lot of patterning with buckshot loads and used them for swamp whitetails. What I found is that 00 buck did not pattern well at all out of my full choke barrel. My particular gun, a 28” DHE bored modified and full, handled 00 buck better with the modified choke barrel. Obviously, the full choke barrel in that gun was bored too tight for the 00 buck. Big shot needs less constriction than smaller shot to perform best. I never could get the patterns I wanted with 00 so I tested other size shot and settled on #1 buck. I got what I was looking for from both barrels with this size shot and took many whitetails with it, even though buck shot was illegal in New York. Back in those days, that restriction meant little to me. The swamp I hunted was very close cover and a 40 yard shot was the exception. I used a plastic sleeve to surround the shot and melted candle wax in the shot column. It worked well.
As far as slugs are concerned, different brands should be tested on paper to determine which is best. Each barrel is a world unto itself and generally will shoot a given brand of slug better than other brands. |
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One interesting and surprising thing I found is that melted wax throughout the shot column provided better patterns, but if the shell was left for more than a week and then shot, the wax held all the shot together and only one ragged hole was found on the pattern paper. I used to load every week for the shells that I would use that week. I was very surprised at this finding but apparently the wax left for over a week or so hardens to the extent that it held the shot together. |
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6 pt what kind of slug mould do you have for the 10 ga....charlie
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Have one that a friend in Ohio initially had Accurate Molds cut for a 12 gauge full bore rifled gun , the slug is .730” and weighs 730 grains with s hollow base . I fill the base with hot glue , cut the petals from the SP-10 wad , seat the wad , wrap the slug with .010” Mylar and it shoots pretty well out my 10 gauge gun . I also have a mold based on the Lyman Sabot Slug but for the 10 gauge and made in Russia . That mold drops at about 660 grains , I don’t remember the diameter but it fits nicely inside an SP-10 with the petals still attached .
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12-01-2018, 08:17 PM | #20 | ||||||
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Love the new cover photo with Craig's gun! That is a great one.
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