10 ga Bucksot loads

[Paul Harm]

Anyone load em ? I want to try 10ga buckshot loads - I will have ) buck, or .32 round balls. I believe 4 of them will sit in a SP-10 wad, so they should stack nice. Does anyone use a filler to keep the balls in place ? I was thinking between 1 3/8 to 1 1/2 oz loads.

[Bill Murphy]

Try them for stacking and then get back to us. It sounds like a great plan.

[J. A. EARLY]

I load 2 7/8" Buckshot using Sherman Bell's # 11 load

Remington Black letter cut down
Win 209
Universal Clays 29 grains
1 1/2 ounces
SP10
6 point crimp
1161 fps
8300 psi
I do use some plastic buffer shaken down in the load, but not full of buffer.

I like multiple hits so I loaded

#2 buck 21 pellets
#4 buck 32 pellets

Have only shot one deer so far giving her one of each and she is in the freezer.

Just weigh out 1 1/2 ounces and pour them in. I don't try to stack mine since they are smaller. I've got almost every size except 0, so I can't see how many pellets that is.

[Holeshot]

I have used .32 on coyotes. very lethal, but have yet to shoot a deer. I have loaded up on heavy shot for odd reasons, just in case, for whatever. I mainly use a sp10 wad with buffer and fill full of shot. I even mix different sizes of shot for filler. The short tens are real fun and easy to load for.

[Paul Harm]

That's for the replies. I ordered some buffer - see how things work out.

[6pt-Sika]

I've killed several deer with handloaded buckshot in a 10 gauge .

Used 000 , 00 , 0 and #1 .

All pushed with SR7625 and inside REM SP-10 wads . Last couple years I've used WIN Grex buffer as well .

With 000 I got 8 pellets in a shell with 2 pellets per layer . In 00 I get 3 pellets per layer and four layers but its a bit tight in diameter . With 0 I again get three per layer and four layers and this one does the best .

BPI sells a 0000 that's about .38 caliber I wanna try these at some point but it'll have to be done without the SP-10 . I'll have to use the old style wad system and a mylar wrap .

FWIW , I've also handloaded Buck #2 , #3 and #4 with pretty decent results in the 10 gauge .

What I need now is to have a mold cut for the 10 gauge that closely resembles the Lyman 525 grain 12 gauge sabot mold . That 12 gauge mold loads very well in CB AA12 wads and shoots pretty darned well in smoothbore guns , so I'm hoping I can do the same thing for the 10 gauge and maybe later the 16 !

[Paul Harm]

I loaded up some with .35 RB - around 000 buck - 6 to a shell with rice for filler. Then some that mic between .27 to .32 - I'll call them #1 buck - some with 21 and others with 28 balls. All the light loads are with a SP-10 and 21grs of Green Dot. The heavy loads [ 28 balls ] with 27.5 grs of GD. The #1 buck loads stack tight with 7 per layer - don't think a filler is needed. I like the loads with the big buck - the small buck just doesn't look big enough for deer, but maybe with 28 balls it will do the job at close range.
Craig, you ever think about round ball for the 10ga ? A .690 will fit in a SP-10 wad and weighs 485grs. A .710RB will slide down a 10ga shell - have to use a fiber wad - weighs 530grs. The 690 would be just under a 1 1/8 oz and the 710 would be just over a 1 1/4 oz. I used to shoot the 710 in muzzleloading matches for smoothbores and would load it like a bird shot load with fiber wads. The ball would roll down the barrel but still shot just fine - won a match or two with it. At 25 yards off hand I could hold a 3" group. I'll get out this next week and try my buck shot loads.

[10 bore]

Craig, you ever think about round ball for the 10ga ? A .690 will fit in a SP-10 wad and weighs 485grs. A .710RB will slide down a 10ga shell - have to use a fiber wad - weighs 530grs. The 690 would be just under a 1 1/8 oz and the 710 would be just over a 1 1/4 oz. I used to shoot the 710 in muzzleloading matches for smoothbores and would load it like a bird shot load with fiber wads. The ball would roll down the barrel but still shot just fine - won a match or two with it. At 25 yards off hand I could hold a 3" group. I'll get out this next week and try my buck shot loads.[/QUOTE]

i did load a 20 ga slug in a sp 10 wad with 23 grs of 700-x ,filler under 3/4 oz slug and star crimp. it shot 4 inches low at 6 o'clock at 40 yds. shot it with 32 in. EH choked .032. i think with a little work i could get it shooting dead on at 40 yds,
scott

[6pt-Sika]

Think I might have to find a 69 cal Minnie ball mold to try in the 10 gauge .

[Paul Harm]

There's a guy in England making RB molds from brass, no cut off plate. His prices are good and they make a good RB. I'll try to find his address.