Bad time to start reloading 10 gauge?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer

That RedDot/1-1/8oz load is pretty much the standard extra light 10 ga load. I use it. One thing that always concerned me is the use of things like red beans, rice etc as filler. I have never seen any numbers where these loads were tested with and without the natural fillers. Looking at the available data, even 1/8 ozof shot can have a not insignificant effect on pressure. If you weigh the amount of red beans/ for instance, it takes to fill the hull, it may have a significant impact. Unlike a light cork cushion wad, the beans actually have a lot of space which the shot occupies, so it takes more than you would guess to really fill the shell. I don't remember the numbers, but I loaded a hull normally and added enough beans mixed with the shot to get the proper length and the combined weight of the beans sdplus shot surprised me. Be nice if someone loading these would have them pressured tested against a shell with a cushion wad filler and a simple shorter shell with the base load.

You may be quite correct in your assumption . But I’ve had no issue in over ten years of loading this stuff with various fillers . What you Need to do I would think is weigh the cards you’d normally use vs whatever other thing you choose for displacement . While I say I’ve had no issue it only takes once , I may blow one up tommorrow with the same load and no longer be of the living but I seriously DOUBT IT