ot out to the range this morning about 7:30 and of course I took along my old LC Smith 10 .

I was going to try my buckshot loads at 50 yards . Well I did take one shot with the 000 Buck and put 3 pellets on the paper but low . I suppose I shoulda aimed high !

Anyway after that I tried a load in each barrel with 000 , 00 , 1 , 3 and 4 Buck . Amazingly they all still shoot pretty darned good at 25 yards !

Went to the range yesterday morning and shot some more patterns in the LC Smith 10 gauge with handloaded buckshot at 25 yards !

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craig that old gun is really puttin them buckshot in there..aint no deer going to get away with that many holes in him... what kinda load are you useing in the ten with each type of buckshot... charlie

I use my same old charge of SR7625 30 grains and whatever shot I use is inside a Remington SP-10 wad with NO buffer whatsoever . Lets see I load 8 of the 000 , 12 of the 00 , 16 of #1 , 28 of #3 and 32 of #4 .

I gotta say I've never owned a gun that seemed to be at ease with so many different sizes of buckshot . Grnated I never was much of a buckshot person . And truely I'm still not but I truely enjoy killing deer with these old guns . And quite possibly some other game animals (well atleast with grandads old W&C 10 gauge) .

I would still like to do the round ball thing inside the SP-10 wad in this LC since it's modified in both barrels . My old W&C is way way way to tight to even think I could get a ball that was safe to shoot near decent at 25 yards .Not as sure about the NID but if I get a mold for the LC I'll most likely give it a try in the NID as well !

Might just load up 40-50 loads of 1 1/4 ounce of #8's for the dove opener monday !

Either load a bunch of those or some for my Browning 20 gauge Superpose .

I think I need to get on the horn to BPI and get 8 pounds of 0 buck and 8 pounds of #3 Buck .

Haven't tried #0 yet and am about out of #3 .

i ve got to order me a little of everthing too i m aboutout...may have to start shooting rocks if lead get any higher or cross over and get me a cross bow..im like you craig i like to hunt deer with these old guns..my plans are to tote the 8 ga parker till i get a deer with it..i ve got to make some more round balls for it before long...i guess i kinda cheated on my dove shells i went to walmart... charlie

Turns out I had three boxes of 16 gauge reloads with an ounce of #8's hidden on the back of a shelf !

Also have 5 or 6 boxes of Remington and Winchester 1 1/8 ounce #5's I can take as back up !

So looks like if I go monday I'll carry my little AH Fox A grade 16 !hru

Loaded up 10 rounds with 000 and 10 rounds with #1 buck tonight .

I also moved a stand today on one of our Damage Control Farms . Moved it back into a rather thick funnal the deer use .

If I get my 15 birds quick monday or if they don't fly well I shud be able to get to this stand PDQ and perhaps i can plow a deer with the old LC Smith !

I'm halfway thinking about loading #1 in the right barrel and 000 in the left barrel therefore if a doe or two come by at the same time I can plow one "hopefully" with the #1 load and then hammer one with 000 :cool:

Craig, good luck with both the doves and the deer. We will be waiting to see photos of your success.

Dennis

Well the dove today was a bust for me , never had a bird fly by within range so I bailed at 16:00 went home showered and was sitting in my tree stand by 17:00 and I am still sitting here . Not seen a deer yet either .