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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland
seems like i too am hung up on odd loadings and such..like the 8 ga pumpkin ball load and the triple 000 in a 10 ga 2 7/8 loading...also want to try the loadings of craig s in the no 1 no2-no 3 buck in the ten...i have taken deer in the ten ga with no 4 buck and 00 buck.. some day i will persue a round ball load for the short ten for deer..and then in the other gauges down to the 410.. i too like the marlin and winchesterand remington old calibres of guns..i have taken deer with the old 30-30 and the old 32 winchester special and the the 32 remington and the 30 remington and 25-20 444marlin 357 mag 22 hornet...i like all those old calibres and hope someday to take a few deer with some other old lead slingers but as of now im still trying to get one with the 8 ga pumpkin ball load...season went out friday so i got to wait till next season..oh well... charlie
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I cast a bunch of 58 cal mini balls for some 1861 contract muskets I have and after my friend passed I wasn't bothered about trying them as he and I shot ML's together . Anyway a 58 cal mini seems to fit rather nicely inside a 16 gauge plastic wad/shotcup . So I am thinking about loading some mini's for my 16 gauge smoothbores and if it works I'm gonna look around for a cheap 69 cal mini ball mold and try it in the 12 gauge guns . Seems to me if the mini's are a tad undersize I can wrap teflon or even masking tape around them to make a better tighter fit going down the barrel while inside the shotcup .
Wish they made a mini ball for the 70 cal Brown Bess as that might be okay for the 10 gaugers !