Over powder wads

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by bob weeman

In the short ten has anyone tried over powder wads to take up space and then an SP-10? This allows all the shot to stay in the shot cup. I tried a 16 gauge half inch wad but I do not think it got as good an ignition. Too small I would guess. Anyone tried this with 10 gauge over powder wads? Would that and an SP-10 increase pressure? Must have been or there is a reason is is not? Thanks for help you can provide....

What is it you are trying to achieve by having all the shot in the shot cup, a tighter pattern? How did your gun(s) pattern with a filler wad under the shot? Most of the short tens were built and choked in the days of no shot cups and most pattern plenty tight with a filler wad under the shot.

[bob weeman]

It is tighter patterns I am after. I have been using a 16 gauge wad in the shot cup but that put a lot of shot outside of the cup with a 1 1/4 load. My EM Riley has more open chokes than my Remington and I was trying tighten things up a bit...and as an experiment just to see the effects.