Looking for 3 1/4" 1 1/2oz Lead Load

[Theodore LeDurt]

I am actually going to be reloading E-Shot, which Buck Run claims is the same weight as lead, a bit harder than lead, but soft enough for old barrels.

Thanks for any help as the big Watson Brother 10 bore is looking forward to getting back into waterfowl action!

[charlie cleveland]

theodore is this 3 1/4 inch the actual shell lenth...most ten ga are either 2 7/8 or 3 1/2..but if it is 3 1/4 inch a load from a 2 7/8 inch shell with a load of 1 1/2 ounce would work in your lenth of shell you would just have to figure out how many more wads you would need to fill the space...or if your loading brass shells just use the same load the 2 7/8 load with the 1 1/2 ounce load andhot glue the wad in place...scroll back on the reloading site...pete as a bunch of reloading info for the short ten..please retell us what length the shell is you want to reload.... charlie

[Theodore LeDurt]

Charlie, the original english 10 gauge magnum was 3 1/4", while the the standard 10ga was 2 7/8". I thought it would be fun to make some 3 1/4" shells as they are fairly rare. The gun has been dated to 1885-1887, based on the proof marks and company history. The fact that it is a"magnum" suprises me and must be a very early one. A friend who collects english guns has quite a few 3 1/4" magnums dating from the 1890's all the wat into the 1930's.

[charlie cleveland]

this is a new one on me i sure would like to here more on this lenth shell...did you find petes loading data..if not maybe he will post it again..i m not to good with a computer or i would post it for you...i copied all petes data you should be able to use it in your loads... keep us posted on how this is going..i m reallyt interested how this comes out hopefully with a big tom turkey.. charlie

[J.B. Books]

See my post on 5/3/2012 in the attached thread for the link to what is the lastest version of my Comprehensive Short Ten reloading data.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6282