Light 10 Sporting loads

[CraigThompson]

Started today loading 10 gauge for Sanford to shoot on the course and for the hammer challenge . Decided to go with a lighter load pretty much the same I used for a preserve quail hunt in December.

[CraigThompson]

Once I load 200 more of these and quite possibly 75 8 gauge 1 1/2 ounce loads I’ll be done . Already have plenty 12’s and 16’s .

[Daryl Corona]

What's a heavy load... 4 red beans? Inquiring minds want to know:rolleyes:

[Mike Koneski]

What's a heavy load... 4 red beans? Inquiring minds want to know:rolleyes:

Too cheap for filler wads!! :eek:

[Mike Koneski]

Proven BLING loads-

2 7/8" hulls
22.5g Unique
SP10 wad
1/2" 16g fiber wad
1 1/4 oz shot

Just loaded a couple cases of these last week. I'll have the 10s at Ernie's but not the Southern.

[Mike Koneski]

What's a heavy load... 4 red beans? Inquiring minds want to know:rolleyes:

Those would be sprouted red beans of the kidney variety. Sayin' for a friend.

[CraigThompson]

What's a heavy load... 4 red beans? Inquiring minds want to know:rolleyes:

1 1/4 ounces shot with 4 beans pushed by 30 grains of SR7625 .

[CraigThompson]

Too cheap for filler wads!! :eek:

:whistle::rotf::rotf::rotf:

[CraigThompson]

Those would be sprouted red beans of the kidney variety. Sayin' for a friend.

Little red beans you buy in the Mexican I mean uh err the Hispanic section of Food Kitty :rotf:

[Daryl Corona]

Those would be sprouted red beans of the kidney variety. Sayin' for a friend.

They will be sprouting come the spring planting at Pintail Point sporting clays and organic bean farm.:cool::cool:

[CraigThompson]

Proven BLING loads-

2 7/8" hulls
22.5g Unique
SP10 wad
1/2" 16g fiber wad
1 1/4 oz shot

Just loaded a couple cases of these last week. I'll have the 10s at Ernie's but not the Southern.

I’ll have my 10’s at the Southern and at your place , don’t plan on making Ernest’s this year . And quite possibly the Vintage Cup depending on venue :bigbye:

[scott kittredge]

I load with 18 grs of 700x and 1 oz 7 1/2s cant remember how my filler wads. But in one of my ithaca super 10 i got a 99% pattern with that load

[Pete Lester]

Started today loading 10 gauge for Sanford to shoot on the course and for the hammer challenge . Decided to go with a lighter load pretty much the same I used for a preserve quail hunt in December.

How does that load perform in below freezing weather? The 19 gr Red Dot load with 1 1/8 ounce lead tested at 6700 psi, Green Dot being a slower powder with 1 ounce would likely have considerably lower pressure.

[CraigThompson]

How does that load perform in below freezing weather? The 19 gr Red Dot load with 1 1/8 ounce lead tested at 6700 psi, Green Dot being a slower powder with 1 ounce would likely have considerably lower pressure.

To be honest I dunno . I used it one day for quail in December but the temp was high 30’s low 40’s . But it seemed to do okay .

[scott kittredge]

low pressure 10 ga loads and cold weather are not a good combo. I have found over the years i had a lot of squib loads. 7500 psi is i would call a low pressure load in a 10 ga. i know my 3 framed 10s can handle that and more with the thick barrel walls. imho
scott

[CraigThompson]

Thankfully I live in the south so generally I don’t need to take that into consideration . Plus this stuff will be shot in the warm months for the most part . If I take a 10 to a tower shoot I’ll be shooting the regular 1 1/4 ounce load .

[CraigThompson]

I was looking in my storeroom for more 16 gauge card wads and found some that I didn’t know I had . They’ll be used up shortly !

[CraigThompson]

Got to the 1/2” 16 ga cards today . No need for beans in these with an ounce of shot . Looks good in both the Remington and Cheddar Cheese hulls .

[CraigThompson]

I keep being amazed when I’m digging around in the old loading room now turned into pretty much a store room what I find that I’d forgotten I had . Think I found 100 new Remington trimmed to 2 7/8” primed hulls and upon further searching I found 200 more new unfired untrimmed Remington hulls . All 10 gauge if you hadn’t surmised as much .

[CraigThompson]

Had a very few Winchester trimmed down hulls . The 1/2” wad and an ounce works out pretty well also .

[Stan Hoover]

You’re getting soft there my man, 20 gauge loads in a mighty 10:cool:

[CraigThompson]

You’re getting soft there my man, 20 gauge loads in a mighty 10:cool:

You may be correct ! But you were there last Thursday my 1 1/4 ounce loads were thrashing me . Intresting to see how I fare tommorrow with flyer loads :rotf:

[Stan Hoover]

Good luck tomorrow, go get’em!