another 10 bore hull question

[Paul Harm]

Think I agree with charlie - I at one time tried over and over to load brass 12ga shells with nitro and glued OS wads with no success - just bloopers. No proof what caused the problems. But Brad will be boring out my heavy 10 to a 8 and I like Daryls' idea.

[Daryl Middlebrook]

Yep!!!--you gentlemen are correct about applying pressure until the glue dries. I too had bloopers until I learned.-----Again, this poses the question of how much wad pressure? And what effect it may have on chamber pressure.

A short piece of dowel and a C clamp works great.

What powders are you gentlemen using for the 4 and 8 gauge?

[charlie cleveland]

i ve been wondering what a round ball of lead for a ten ga would weigh on the average anybody got any ideas..any body loading round ball load at the present for the short ten or have a idea of how they would load it..i mguessing the round ball will way more than 1 1/4 ounce i m gonna guess it will be closer to 1 1/2 ounce..anybody know... charlie

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

i ve been wondering what a round ball of lead for a ten ga would weigh on the average anybody got any ideas..any body loading round ball load at the present for the short ten or have a idea of how they would load it..i mguessing the round ball will way more than 1 1/4 ounce i m gonna guess it will be closer to 1 1/2 ounce..anybody know... charlie

A ten gauge bore is ten to a pound, 1.6 ounces, but you would downsize it to fit in a hull or wad. So I would guess you would be in this range depending on if you are using a plastic wad or just a felt wads under it. you would need to measure the inside diameter of the hull or wad you are using. and i am guessing this would only be true for a cylinder bore, if the gun is choked, go with the smallest spot in the choke.

.730 = 586 grains = 1.34 oz
.735 = 598 grains = 1.37
.760 = 661 grains = 1.5