herco powder

[charlie cleveland]

herco powder is one of the older smokeless powders. there is not a lot of newer loadings available for this powder... i had never used herco before so today i bought some... i looked up the loadings for this powder on the internet ..only thing wrong there was no load for the 8 ga.. there were some loadings in the 10 ga so i loaded up the 10 ga load in the 8 ga...the loades listed for the 10 ga was 35 and 35 1/2 grains of herco plus1 5/8 ounce shot . this was listed to have a low presure of around 7500 psi... i loaded this load in the 8 ga hull with no crimp... like brass shells....forgot to mention used the sp8 rem. wad plastic...i shot this load at 40 yards..24 inch circle.. the pattern is very uniform. best of all the recoil is very light...20 ga light load would have more recoil.... best of all clean up is gonna be alot easier than bluedot powder..... charlie