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the loads ive been using for the 8 and 10 ga.are very light. 30 grains of blue dot 1 1/2 ounce shot. ive used this load in both gauges and it works fine for me.it will kill squirls out to50 paces cleanly.ive loaded heavy loads up to3 ounces but these are a little much for squirl.ha. i really like to hunt squirls with the 10 and 8 ga. must besomething wrong with me. ha i regurally hunt with with all the gas. 410. to 12 ga. i will admit a 8 ga is a little heavy if you walk very far. russel have you shot any of those rem. 1 3/8 ounce loads.wold be interested in how they shot.they must have been a interesting load for sure. well im setting here go the urge to go squirl hunting . leaves are still on but will take old blue and see if he can tree one. thanks russell for the info. good shotting to you charlie
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Havent shot any of the old 13/4oz Rem loads i load most of my shells ,but have shot Eley factory shells,and did have shells loaded in Scotland back in mid 1980s,befor i got into loading. For small game i shoot a 24 ga. Russell
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11-27-2009, 08:31 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Charlie, shooting Blue Dot behind 1 1/2 ounces in an eight gauge bore would seem to result in a very low pressure load. Blue Dot behind 1 1/2 ounces in a 12 gauge shell is not a very high pressure load, about 10,000 at a full 1200 fps. As we progress from .410 to 12, in light shot loads, 1/2 ounce, 3/4 ounce, 7/8 ounce, 1 ounce, and finally, 1 1/8 ounce, we go from very slow powder in the small gauges to very fast powder in the 12 gauge. Why would we go back to very slow powders as we progress to the eight? As long as we are discussing Alliant powders, my opinion is that a light eight gauge load, about 1 1/4 ounce, would be more properly constructed using something relatively fast like Red Dot or Green Dot. It would seem like an extremely slow powder like Blue Dot would give very low pressures and poor ignition in cold weather. I would like to review Sherman Bell's eight gauge loads if I knew what issue of DGJ to look at.
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11-27-2009, 02:37 PM | #6 | ||||||
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thanks bill for the info.i hope you find sherman bells info on 8 ga.i would also like to knowwhat he says about light loads in the 8 ga. i will admit that i have never used anything but bluedot powder in the 8 ga and 10 ga loads. the reason i have chosen this powder is be cause tom armbrust used this powder a lot in his loads for the 8 ga and 4 ga.i will trythe 1 1/4 ounce load of yours before long.you were right about bad igniion problems in cold weather with the 8 ga loads.but i have had no problems withthe 10 ga.i think the problems with the 8 ga were my wads not sealing off well.will let every body know how it works out . thanks again fellows charlie
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