10 gauge Punkin Balls

[6pt-Sika]

Got my two new round ball mold from Tanner Moulds in the UK last week . Finally got around to casting some yesterday made fifty of the .775” and fifty of the .735” . The larger will work in my EH 28” and the 26” barrel was of my Grade 1 10 gauge two barrel set . The .735” should be safe in all of the tight chokes 10’s I have at the present . Today at the shop I loaded ten rounds of both sizes in brand new Cheddar Cheese hulls trims on the Robert’s Industries trimmer . Cheddar Right primers , 30 grains of SR7625 , a BPI wad with the petals removed , five 1/8” 12 gauge cards then a punkin ball after which a roll crimp . The larger ball did okay although POI could be closer to POA . The .735” balls however didn’t look decent at all .

[6pt-Sika]

Hmmmmmm

[charlie cleveland]

will be watching this thread closely i like the idea of round balls in the ten gauge.....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

will be watching this thread closely i like the idea of round balls in the ten gauge.....charlie

I think the smaller one thru the tighter chokes needs some masking tape perhaps .

[6pt-Sika]

Yesterday I fired the guns from a sorta rest off the front rack of the ATV . Today I shot two pair offhand at the same target . But I think I can work with this .

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I think the smaller one thru the tighter chokes needs some masking tape perhaps .

Maybe a wrap of mylar around the ball will tighten it up enough?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Maybe a wrap of mylar around the ball will tighten it up enough?

Mylar won’t stay with it that we’ll going down the barrel . I just loaded eight of the .735” balls four with two wraps masking tape and four with three wraps . We will see what results I get with that this evening or Friday morning .

[6pt-Sika]

Just tried the .735” balls with two wraps of masking tape . Not horrendous but not great . Only three on the box , offhand btw.

[charlie cleveland]

look out deer.....those guys in englang make the best molds i know of.....charlie

[ArtS]

[QUOTE=Finally got around to casting some yesterday made fifty of the .775” and fifty of the .735” . The larger will work in my EH 28” and the 26” barrel was of my Grade 1 20 gauge two barrel set .=======The larger ball did okay although POI could be closer to POA . The .735” balls however didn’t look decent at all .[/QUOTE]

Charlie- the larger ball likely did better because of the tighter fit through the 20 gauge barrels.