those base wads will come loose and lodge in the barrel...ive had several come loose espically in the 8 ga and 10 ga ...and these were from differant brands of shells and i was shooting smokless powder...best to lokk down the bore after each shot.... charlie

That is good advice, Charlie. I always look for daylight before I stick a shell in any of my guns. Thanks for pitching in with info, everybody. The Baker hasn't arrived yet and I am anxious to try loading some shells for it. It will be my first venture into shotshell loading. Cheers!

you will like reloading...its like looking at old guns it gets into the blood stream... charlie

Mark,

Just a heads up to wiegh the powder charge before you fill the other hopper with shot. I have not found a bushing yet that throws the charge writen in the manuals. It's a lot easier to chanbe bushings without having to deal with the shot.

Harry

Harry, my outfit is not very sophisticated! I found a near-mint Lee hand tool for the 2-7/8" shell and will be using my new Hornady Lock and Load powder dispenser. The Hornady measure is a Godsend for all of my rifle loading. I have dippers for shot, also. Finally, I have a repaired 'roller' that does a swell job on paper and plastic hulls, should I decide to use a rolled crimp. It delivers a nice rounded roll-over. I have discovered with the pre-determined charge rotors for my RCBS Little Dandy that they fall short of their assigned charges of Unique by almost 1/2 grain. I did a lot of averaging and made notes about each rotor. I suppose volume charging is fine with less-than-maximum charges.

Federal shells have a fiber base wad - these are the ones that can come loose and lodge in your barrel. Rem and Win don't have the fiber base wad [ to the best of my knowledge ] . There is no problem with them.
PSB - Precision Reloading's buffer material
BP - Ballistic Products buffer material
FBS - felt Blue Streak wad
NC - nitro card wad
MR - Mylat wrapper
x10x - over powder wad from Ballistic Products

notes on loads #18,68,and 69 - wad combo has a 10ga 1/4" wad and a 12ga 1/4" wad
#37 - 16 or 20ga card may be used ILO 24ga wad
hope this helps - Paul

This is only what I do - any of these loads with plastic wads can be used with paper wads and I believe the pressures would be lower and safe. I go up 10% with the powder charge when substituting fiber wads for plastic. Use your own judgment. Paul

DID SHERMAN BELL DO THE SAME FOR 12 GA HEAVY SHOT CHARGE / LOW PRESSURE?
 

I want to load some 1 3/8 oz loads for a 12 gauge that I will also use in a 10 gauge with gaugemates (so I only have to load up one gauge that can be used in both).

But I want a heavier load with low pressure, much as the 1 3/8 oz and 1 1/2 oz loads Bell has for 10 gauge that are in the 8000 psi or less range.

Thanks.

There is only one powder I know of that will deliver such results, Hodgdon Longshot. ex. below.

12ga, Federal Gold Medal Hull, Lead Shot 1 3/8 oz. Longshot 27.3gr Rem. 209P Primer, Rem. R12H Wad 7,700 PSI, 1185fps