I use an eight point crimp on the new hulls but the I've tried it and the six point works just as well. I just believe the eight point crimp, which is what most of the target loads use, works better for the reloads after I have fired them.
On those baby doves in early season I use 8.5s in the right barrel and 8s in the left. When they are bigger and wiser I use 8s in the right and 7.5s in the left. Rabbits are 6s and 4s for r and l.
I was always taught to use two different loads in a double, even though a lot of people only shoot the same load on both sides. I remember one uncle who always shot high powered 6s in the full choked left barrel of his 12 gauge, and seconds after everyone had finished shooting he would drop a Bob-white that thought he had escaped dead at forty yards .
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