Recipe Tested 8ga with Gualandi wad

[Craig Larter]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Is that a 10g or 12g fiber wad? Looks like a 10g to me.

10ga

Win 8ga hull 3 1/4", WW 209, 23.7gr Clays, Gualandi 8ga wad, 1. 1/2" 10ga fiber wad, 1. 1/8" 10ga card wad, 1 1/2oz # 7 1/2, 6 fold crimp. 6835 PSI, 1130fps. Minimal barrel leading.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

10ga

Win 8ga hull 3 1/4", WW 209, 23.7gr Clays, Gualandi 8ga wad, 1. 1/2" 10ga fiber wad, 1. 1/8" 10ga card wad, 1 1/2oz # 7 1/2, 6 fold crimp. 6835 PSI, 1130fps. Minimal barrel leading.

So with this load as suggested by Armbrust you have nothing around the shot no shotcup or wrap ?

I'd be quite intrested to see the Winchester wad you mentioned .

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

So with this load as suggested by Armbrust you have nothing around the shot no shotcup or wrap ?

I'd be quite intrested to see the Winchester wad you mentioned .

I'm thinking Craig cut the petals off the wad for a better visual of how the fiber wad and NC sit in it.

[Mike of the Mountain]

So I took this recipe out to my press. The Gualandi wads are that short and I didn’t remember that the shot cup was short. I didn’t have a 39A bushing but I have a #40 which drops 25g Clays. Still much less than the 30g I was dropping. I didn’t have any 10g fiber wads or NC. I used 12g instead and everything loaded very nicely.

[Stan Hoover]

Craig,
So after you mentioned Barrel leading, I was cleaning guns used at Hausmans and I noticed this in my 8 gauge barrels which I don’t recall seeing before. And yes, I was using Gualandi wads in some of my loads.
The marks/streaks start just forward of the chamber and go maybe 12” +/-, is this lead build up, this area of my barrels does have some pitting.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Craig,
So after you mentioned Barrel leading, I was cleaning guns used at Hausmans and I noticed this in my 8 gauge barrels which I don’t recall seeing before. And yes, I was using Gualandi wads in some of my loads.
The marks/streaks start just forward of the chamber and go maybe 12” +/-, is this lead build up, this area of my barrels does have some pitting.

In a semi related nature , I’ve made a point of getting something around all my buck/slug/ball loads in the 8 and 10 gauges to try and cut down on lead smudges . And I use several things . Masking tape for the punkin balls , mylar for buckshot and the slugs .