who can explain this

[Dean Romig]

Charlie, you should keep it as your deer gun.

[charlie cleveland]

I have not recovered any of the wads im shooting into a round bale of hay for a backstop.t WADS ARE DRIVING SO DEEP IVE NOTrecovered one yet.the bucket i shot was full of waterand the wad or load blew the backside of bucket out. ive loaded lots of bigger shot withthese same wads and never run into any thing like this before. this surely would make a good deer load. ACCURACY GOOD EVEN AT 60 YARDS.I TRULY BELIEVE ITS THE SMALL SHOT STAYING WADDED TOGETHER. I will load some no 4 shot in acouple days see what happens. i know this is kind of hard to believe but these shot are not spreading out . Any body ever try 8 shot in there ten ga. charlie

[Harry Collins]

Charlie,

An odd thing that occures with shot size and choke. If you shoot buckshot through a cylinder bore it will not open up and will pattern like a slug, but if you shoot small shot like #8 through a cylinder bore it will throw an open pattern. Now take the same loads and run them through a full choke and buckshot will be an open pattern and small shot will shoot much tighter. I think you have solved your problem and if you shoot much larger shot you will have a more open pattern.

Harry

[Bill Murphy]

I'm going to hit the PRINT button just in case this thread somehow gets deleted. I'm not taking any chances. I think I still have an eight gauge around here somewhere and a few shells loaded. I may dig a goose carcass out of the freezer and go out to the club to do some patterning later today. I'm thinking about 95 yards should be about right.