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go for it milt and keep us up dated on the progress....what mag ten will you shoot this load in....charlie
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Charlie I plan on picking up a Ithaca mag 10 and a BPS 10, most guys seem to prefer the SP10 over the Ithaca but to me the Ithaca is a better looking gun its pure 70s nostalgia. I want to get another BPS 10 since I miss my old one and it was very left hand friendly I loved how the slide release can be operated with your trigger finger if your left handed on the BPS. As well I have always wanted to get one restocked not to change the dimensions but I just dont care for the looks of the forend and stock on them. I can make 1000 felt wads for between 40-80$ just depends on the grade of the felt. Intereslty the fiber wads I use are .790" and 20mm wad punches are easy to find which 20mm should be .787". Like for the 8 gauge I know in the 8 bore rifles guys are using just a standard 7/8s wad punch.
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Good luck, Milton. I'm a big fan of bismuth for ducks and have loaded it for my 3" chambered, 32" HE Fox for years, loading 1 1/4 oz. of 4s. In the last couple years I've bought bulk lots of BOSS factory bismuth, one in the lower pressure loads without a plastic shot cup, and the other with the shot cup and higher pressures. I'm very impressed with their loadings, though I haven't had a chance to try the higher pressure loads yet on ducks.
Those Ts ought to be big medicine on geese, for sure. How big a payload are you "shooting for"? |
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I have a old Ithaca mag 10 of my dads it has downed a many of turkeys I still hunt with it some...with lead bb s it is a hammer on any thing with in 70 yards....your load of 2 1/4 ounce bismuth should be what all of us big bore shooters have been looking for...it should be a turkeys nite mare.waiting on the pattern tests results.... charlie
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Yards fps ft/lbs 40 706 7(steel #bb 1200 fps mv) 40 780 8(steel #bb 1500 fps mv) 40 796 11(bismuth #bb 1200 fps mv) From what ive added up I can load 2oz bismuth 10 ga loads for $2.66/rd the cheapest factory bismuth in 10 ga is currently $2.80/rd but im not reloading to try and save, the factory offerings just arent interesting to me. Charlie we have tons of geese down here year round actually we do have a early goose season that starts the first week of September. Though I dont know anyone who would want to goose hunt in 110F weather lol. |
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at 110 degrees we can shootem and cook them at the same time ...ha I ve beeb on some teal duck hunts that were in the upper 90 sas you said no fun getting cooked with the goose... I too believe your loads will go clean thru a goose of average size....some of them giant canadas would be the tickit to try them loads on....charlie
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