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12-23-2016, 06:38 PM | #3 | ||||||
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If you are looking at 12 ga loads there are many on the Hogdon site that are 1 or 1 1/8 oz loads at 2 3/4 or 3 dre and that produce 1150 to 1200 fps. These produce pressures within factory working pressures for which the gun was made.
Look at the pressure tables in TPS. Also look at the chamber dimensions in TPS. Most Parker 12s were not 2 1/2 chambers. There are many commercial loads as well as handloads that fall well under the 10,500 psi working pressure and well under Parker proof loads. A person can always choose to use low pressure or low recoil loads but Parkers are sturdily made,not delicate. I do not know where a person would get an idea that Parker loads need to be kept under 5000psi unless he has a gun that is somehow compromised, and if that is the case I suggest it should not be shot at all. |
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12-23-2016, 07:13 PM | #4 | ||||||
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I see what your saying Bruce. Good point. I have never liked the Hodgon site. It says choose then doesn't let you. Never been able to get anything good off that site. Anyway I shoot a fox and it is chambered for 2 1/2 shells. I just like to baby it with low pressures and I baby me with low recoil. It seems Longshot provides both. I actually intend to bring that 1 oz load to 1175 to 1200. Should lower the pressure to at least 5500. I think I just like experimenting with this stuff. Lol when I was a young machinist I once made a black powder cannon. It's a wonder I didn't do some damanage to something. I guess to each his own.
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12-23-2016, 08:02 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I don't know where you live but watch out for low pressure loads in cold weather. You may get squib or hollow sounding reports and a lot of unburnt powder in the barrels.
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12-23-2016, 08:11 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Pa. I've heard about that but never experienced it. How cold are you talking about?I'm in Texas. It got down to 16 degrees the other day but my buddies opted out of going hunting. Lol. Fair weather hunters. But about how cold do u mean???
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12-23-2016, 08:31 PM | #7 | ||||||
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The less the shot charge and less the velocity, the less the recoil and generally less the chamber pressure. A slow moving target you might get away with 1100 psi or a little less and compensate for less impact energy by using larger size shot.
As stated watch out for cold weather. I've heard that some powders such as PB lose as much as 20 percent energy at temperatures below 32F . Squibs are rare but I have heard of them happening. |
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12-23-2016, 08:39 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Good to know. I've heard about wads not clearing the barrel and getting you into trouble. We went hunting the other day but it was only about 40 degrees but wet. I remember when I was young going and breaking 1/2 in to 3/4 in ice to put decoys out. Just started back duck hunting. It if it's real cold I would probably just stay home now. Lol. My age is catching up with me.
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12-24-2016, 10:05 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I've shot a lot of PB in handloaded 1oz target loads. It is far and away the worst powder for shooting in the cold. At 10deg F your barrels look like you've been shooting black powder and you have to check your barrels between EVERY shot and put a factory target load through each bbl when your done just to clean the bores out. I've shot it down to maybe -20F, where it is pretty comical in performance and not worth the squib/stuck wad chance. I will no longer shoot it below -10F under any circumstances. In warmer weather I really like it for use in very light 12ga guns and 24gr loads, which go out at 1150fps and only 4200psi. That load is really nice in my light damascus 1-frame GHE12. It's also a great grouse/woodcock load in hvy cover with that gun.
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