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Unread 04-04-2015, 08:26 AM   #11
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Craig, where do you shoot skeet and sporting?
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Craig, where do you shoot skeet and sporting?
Shoot skeet at Piedmont and Horseshoe . Sporting is where ever , but usually it's at Central Va . If I wanna shoot a 10 then the Flying Rabbit is the place to go .
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I've just begun loading my shells (2nd box today). After reading this about spreader wads, I experimented today. I'm shooting a more modern 3 1/2" 10 gauge. We're limited to no larger than #7.5 shot a the skeet range. I'm loading 19 grains of Red Dot, an SP10 wad w/ (2) 1/2" long 16 gauge fiber wads & 1 1/8oz. of shot. Figured I'd load them for as long as I can full length, then cut them down as they start to split. Yes, I'm a tightwad.

At 25 yards, both barrels are shooting about a 16" circle. This is tighter than my 28" modified choke 12 gauge. I want a better chance at skeet, so I loaded a couple of shells where I sandwiched the shot between the two filler wads. Patterns from both barrels opened up from 16" to 22". Now I've got to try putting both filler wads on top of the shot.
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I've just begun loading my shells (2nd box today). After reading this about spreader wads, I experimented today. I'm shooting a more modern 3 1/2" 10 gauge. We're limited to no larger than #7.5 shot a the skeet range. I'm loading 19 grains of Red Dot, an SP10 wad w/ (2) 1/2" long 16 gauge fiber wads & 1 1/8oz. of shot. Figured I'd load them for as long as I can full length, then cut them down as they start to split. Yes, I'm a tightwad.

At 25 yards, both barrels are shooting about a 16" circle. This is tighter than my 28" modified choke 12 gauge. I want a better chance at skeet, so I loaded a couple of shells where I sandwiched the shot between the two filler wads. Patterns from both barrels opened up from 16" to 22". Now I've got to try putting both filler wads on top of the shot.
Hi. i found when i put filler wads on top it opened my patterns up to 50 % at 40 yds
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Polywad does not make a 10 G spreader, however a 12 G spreader disk on top of the shot works fine.

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To add to this conversation. I use 20 gauge spreader discs in my 16 gauge reloads. In talking with Jay Menefee at Polywad he uses one size smaller discs in his factory loads also.
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Unread 04-19-2015, 03:41 PM   #17
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i m like pete shoot the gun at 40 yards with the shells you used in these pictures..i always enjoy reading and looking at anything on the big ten.....charlie
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