8 gauge clays recipe

[Mills]

I am looking for a good recipe for 8 gauge plastic hulls for shooting clays. Also, I need powder and components that are currently available. Thanks in advance.

[charlie cleveland]

mills do you have tom armbrust book 4 and 8 gauge...there is lots of reloading stuff in there...heres a untested load but will not kick very much..you will have to play with the wads to get your crimping or your roll crimping looking good..use pete lesters post sugur crisp as a filler...he says dont eat them up...ha use alliant blue dot powder..winchester 209 primers....buy the italion plastic wads from precision reloading ..or 1/2 inch wds.. 1 1/2 ounce of lead shot...would use the fold crimp if it were me....this will be a very tame load in the 8 ga...below a 1 1/2 of shot you do not get good ignition in the 8 ga...use 35 grains of bluedot....charlie

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

.use pete lesters post sugur crisp as a filler...he says dont eat them up...ha....charlie

Seriously, avoid cereal fillers that are sugar coated, it will make you hands sticky. My preferred cereal filler wad is Cheerios. Oddly enough a cheerio takes up about the same room as 1/8 ounce of lead #6.

[wayne goerres]

Pete. Do you put the Cheerios under the shot or under the over shot card. I would think the cheerios would crush?

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by wayne goerres

Pete. Do you put the Cheerios under the shot or under the over shot card. I would think the cheerios would crush?

I always put filler wad or cheerio under the shot. Filler wads over the shot create a spreader load. I normally only use one Cheerio or part of one to get the crimp I am looking for. In my experience multiple Cheerios will create squib loads. I think the fact Cheerios crush makes them good filler, a little too tall and no problem it crushes to allow for proper crimping.

The nice thing about Cheerios, say you want to try a 7/8 load but you only have 1 ounce wads, drop a Cheerio in the bottom of that 1 ounce wad and load with 7/8 of shot.

[Mills]

Thanks guys. I do have Tom Armbrust book. The problem is there is only one recipe for 7 or 8 and a lot of the powder is hard to find

[William Davis]

Mills Blue Dot in 8 # jugs is on the shelves in Southern Va. Getting it to you might be complicated but if you can't find any let me know.

William

[Mills]

Thanks William

[wayne goerres]

Pete thanks for the info. Mills I picked up a pound of blue dot at Gander Mountain about a month ago. Its been hard to find for quite some time.

[Mills]

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