Not quite all the basics. Bear with me. A 12ga bore should be .729 - many of our old SxS's are bigger - up to .740 or so. Going with the .729 - my 12ga plastic wads measure .702. With a full choke at .030, that means a couple of thous smaller than the wad. My 10 measures .750 at the muzzle. The Remington 10ga wads measure .760 - except at the part were the fingers and the cushion meet. For some reason just above the cushion it measures .780 to .790. None of my 12ga wads get bigger. I tried to push a wad down the barrel and it was very tight at the choke area. That's what got me measuring the wad a bit more closely. So then I put my trigger gauge on the ramrod. It took 4 to 6 pounds of pressure to push the wad down the barrel. At the choke area the gauge bottomed out at 16 pounds. Don't know what total it took to push it through. I would think with a load of shot in the wad it would be at least the 780 to 790 or more. I believe the heavy recoil is because the wad is too tight. Shooting paper wads and the recoil is mild. Even shooting 84 grs of BP and 1 1/8 oz loads with paper wads are better. It should be more than my 700X loads because recoil is based on the weight of powder, wad, and shot. Oh, it's a 9# gun, not 8. Does anyone else have recoil problem using Remington 10ga wads ? Paul
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Paul Harm
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