When loading brass, I would assume that some wads do not seal well, especially some plastic wads. I believe Paul is getting bloopers because he is using too slow a powder, too small a wad, and/or too little shot to keep pressure up. If you want to shoot light shot loads like 7/8 ounce in a 12 gauge, you don't use slow powders. The 19 grain Red Dot load under 1 1/8 ounces in a ten gauge would seem like a well balanced low pressure load. In the days of fiber wads and paper hulls, the standard 12 gauge 1200 fps target load was 23 grains of Red Dot under 1 1/8 ounces of shot. 19 grains of Red Dot in a ten gauge wouldn't blow up any gun I know of, and it should generate enough pressure to avoid bloopers, at least in warm weather. In fact, Red Dot would be my choice in eight gauge loads for casual shooting. All the recommended eight gauge loads we see published with boutique powders are unneccesary unless you are loading heavy shot loads for extreme range waterfowling. For 1 1/4 ounce eight gauge loads for bird hunting or clay targets, Red Dot is all you need.
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