10 ga Bucksot loads

[Paul Harm]

Craig, what is the diameter of the different buckshot ? Digging through my molds I finally found my 690 and 710 molds and a 350. Have you ever used a filler to keep the balls in place ?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Paul Harm

Craig, what is the diameter of the different buckshot ? Digging through my molds I finally found my 690 and 710 molds and a 350. Have you ever used a filler to keep the balls in place ?

Lets see ;

0000 is .380"

000 is .360"

00 is .340"

0 is .320"

1 is .300"

2 is .270"

3 is .260"

4 is .240"

I use WIN Grex in my buckshot loads . I have a 9mm case with wire around the base and "generally I put something like 3-5 case fulls per shell depending on shot size and gauge .

At the moment all my buck loads in 10 , 12 , 16 and 20 gauge get buffer .

[6pt-Sika]

Over the course of the last five or six years I've killed a doe with the W&C Scott 10 gauge shooting unbuffered 00 , another doe with a Parker GH 16 gauge shooting unbuffered #1 , another doe with the LC Smith Quality 2 10 gauge shooting unbuffered #1 , a doe with the Ithaca Grade 2 10 gauge shooting unbuffered #3 , a spike with the Ithaca Grade 2 10 gauge with both barrels one with #3 and the other with 000 both unbuffered . Used my Parker Grade 2 10 gauge top lever loaded withbuffered 0 to take a pair single barrel each .

All the loads mentioned were handloaded by me , no factory so far !