How did they shoot? Any doubles? I love it when I get double with black powder! I have a few guns with tighter chokes that really shoot well with black powder shells. I often shoot lighter loads too, in fact, I loaded up 50 that are a notch lighter than you did. 3 drams of 1 1/2 F and 1 1/8oz of shot. This works very well on a sporting clays course for a 10.
All the wads and cards do end up all over the place. So nothing unusual about them being 10 ft away. The good news is they are biodegradable unlike plastic wads.
One of the things I like about loading brass shells is that you do it by hand and can use vintage loading tools. I do have an original adjustable powder/shot dipper I do have original cappers in 10, 12, and 16 gauge. Go on Ebay and you'll find them and other original reloading tools. This is the only way I would prime them, I don't like hammering against a flat surface. I have a 12 gauge brass reloading set from RMC that has lots of useful tools including a pin/punch for to knock the primers out, on 10 gauge shells I put the shell on an upside down socket(of about the same size) and then knock it out. On the posted picture you’ll see my dipper and capper, I didn’t put my pin/punch in for the picture, but you can see an original on the Track of the Wolf manual. You can make one or find something on Ebay.
I have really enjoyed these shells and I am glad you got a chance to try yours out already. I would love to get a group of us together and have a Parker black powder shell shoot and/or a plan a hunt using the ammunition these guns would have shot when new.
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