[charlie cleveland]

i got my old 3 inch gun out this after noon decided th shoot up several old hand loads and a few factory loadings this evening....the hand loads were 3 inch various makes that i had loaded up last year all roll crimp stuff...5 loads were lead no 6 and theother 3 were steel bb s...plus 2 fatory 3 inch winchester double xx magnum steel shot one was no2 load and the othera no 4 steel shot...then i had one factory remington premier lead no 4... my target was a pop can at 40 steps..gun used a eastern arms double barrel with 32 inch barrels and full and full chokes... i was shooting at the bottom of the can which cannot be more than 2 1/2 inches in diameter....of the no 6 hanloadsthe best shot was 3 pellets... next was the steel bb swith 4 pellets in bottom of can..kinda surprized me on the bb s beating the no 6 s.... next was the factory steel load of 2s and 4s after 3 shots i d only put 1 pellet in the bottom of can and i can say i was let down by there poor paterns plus they liked to have kicked my arm off.. the last shot fired was the premier lead no4 load it put 5 pellets in the bottom of can it won top honors in this shooting match....but of all the shots fired the bb rolled crimped loads really surprized me on there patterning so welland they did not try to tear my arm off either...you fellas that handload ought to try the bb s with roll crimp and you can get the bb s at wal mart... bb gun ammo.... charlie