Cheerios and 3/4 ounce 12ga
 

Cheerios, they are not just for breakfast anymore.

They make an excellent filler wad. It seems one cheerio is equal to the space of 1/8 ounce of shot.

I took my favorite target load in 12ga AA hull, Red Dot 16.5gr, Win Grey or Pink Wad, 7/8 ounce shot and then put one cheerio as a filler with the Win Grey Wad with 3 /4 ounce of 8.5's. With the pink wad two cheerios gave a perfect crimp. They worked very well on the skeet field this evening too.

Now talk about a soft recoiling load, a 3/4 ounce 12ga is very comfortable, and it stretches out a 25lb bag of shot too. I think I can go down one size on the powder bushing to about 15.7 grains of Red Dot.

I was loading a 2 3/4 low pressure load for my 20ga using 7/8oz of 8's in a Rem STS hull. One Cheerio on top of the shot column and a perfect crimp.

I think an overly zealous NRO could run you in for baiting with a load like that :shock:

I guess then my skeet gun has a new nickname, "The bird feeder" :rotf:

Seriously though a 28ga load in a 12ga gun is a very pleasant load to shoot, and effective too. The Cheerios are an economical, easily available filler wad and the fact that a single cheerio takes the space of 1/8 ounce of shot makes for easy loading of super light 12ga loads.

Quaker Oats has nothin' on you...

Now Cheerios is "Shot From Guns" too.... am I showing my age? :whistle:

that's what i'm looking for a way to stretch a bag of shot and still gettin decent quality rounds off!!

I gona try this one! THANKS

Thanks Pete!

I'm going to try Cheerios instead of the 16 fiber wads I currently use in my 10 Gauge loads. Cheerios would be much cheaper than fiber (filler) wads!

Mark

Mark I thought the same thing and loaded up a couple of short 10 1 1/8 loads, they took 4 cheerios :-) Filler is filler as far as I am concerned. The cheerios crush and turn to dust on firing as far as I can tell. There is no confetti like some of the fiber fillers produce. Not only are the Cheerios much less expensive they are immediately available at the grocery store and can be used in different gauges. I found no difference in the crimp whether the Cheerios were horizontal or vertical. Just drop them in the shot cup and load the shell.

Another plus, with a box of Cheerios on the reloading bench you can have a little snack now and then while reloading :rotf:

they always said that cherios went a long way...i will also try themin my loads...ive been usingtoilet paper it works and crimps fine just a lot of confetta on the ground till it rains or you mow the yard..also helps clean the bird if hes close by... charlie

Various sizes of bean will do the same. One poster mentioned the advantage over smaller shotgun wads is that the cereal or bean is not sensitive to the way it is placed in the shell. Thank you, Pete.