crimps

[charlie cleveland]

i had about gave up on the shooting of smokless powder in a brass shell....but today i said i would try it once more....first i loaded up alliant bluedot no bang just a fizzle...tried a hotter powder....it was clays still a blooper....i was using plastic wads i wrapped the bottom of wad with sometape to have a tighter gas seal with still another blooper.....but i have solved the mystery of usingsmokless in brass hulls now....i was about to give up on smokless in brass but i decided i would try onse more....i loaded blue dot powder then used the plastic wad with no tape used....then my 1 1/4 ounce of shot....then i used 3 top cards over shot instead of one..... ifired this load over 15 times with not a blooper one....the pattern was very good could not tell the differance with 2 or 3 top wads in patterns....this was a 10 ga alcan brass hull i was using with the remington no 57 primer....the secret to using smokless powder in brass is in thetop wad.....i do not know what the load will do in cold weather yet but at 60 degrees plus here today it was a very good and pleasant load to shoot and as a plus not much cleanup....buy the way all these loads were fired throgh a parker p grade 10 ga with 32 inch barrels and the barrels are twist steel..... hope the extra top wad helps somebody out with there use in smokless in brass....remember these over shot wads are over the shot.... charlie