Light load !

[6pt-Sika]

Me loading light loads started with me wanting to get rid of odds and ends I acquired when buying out a couple folks . But I gotta say the small payload wads and a couple powders I’d not normally buy worked better than I anticipated . So instead of getting rid of stuff it turned into me buying more of what I was initially trying to use up ! This 7/8 ounce load pushed with I think it was 18-19 grains of American Select was very nice in the Superposed 12 . This gun still is original with a Browning hard buttplate and it was still no recoil which kinda surprised me . I still like 1 and 1 1/8 ounce loads but these lighter payload jobs I’m starting to like as well .

[Andy]

I'm waiting on some BP wads then have enough to start loading shot shells in 12g. But darned when I find a recipe for powder or primers or hulls I have, I don't or can't get the wad for the recipe. I'm so wad confused, I guess you could say I'm wadded out. I have the wad substitution chart from Hogdon, but still there are gaps. Now I'm reading about cheerio and meat tray spacers. Good grief I have a lot to learn. I would love to load some light #9 loads for my VH 12g for skeet to give her a whirl (2 1/2")

[Double Lab]

Thanks for offer Bill, but you were the friend I mentioned who gave me the 1/2oz. loads. I really liked them and saw no difference between them and my 3/4oz. loads. But when I load 12ga.,which is not so often, I load on a 9000H hydraulic. Adding the filler wad, which I have, slows the progress down.

What I will eventually get around to is prepping the wads by Elmer's gluing a filler wad in each wad in a bag of wads so all I have to do is grab a wad and insert.

Yes she is a pretty one and there is a bit of sellers remorse on that sale.

[Quigley97]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I'm waiting on some BP wads then have enough to start loading shot shells in 12g. But darned when I find a recipe for powder or primers or hulls I have, I don't or can't get the wad for the recipe. I'm so wad confused, I guess you could say I'm wadded out. I have the wad substitution chart from Hogdon, but still there are gaps. Now I'm reading about cheerio and meat tray spacers. Good grief I have a lot to learn. I would love to load some light #9 loads for my VH 12g for skeet to give her a whirl (2 1/2")

Andy, all of my Parkers are 12 gauge. I have been using a Clay Buster CB4100b wad which is for a 1oz. or 7/8 oz. of shot. I have used this wad with Red Dot, Clay Dot, Clays, and Universal powders. All have very little recoil and make it a joy to shoot. The last two years or so I have been loading 17.5 grains of Clay Dot, 7/8 of shot and win. 209 primer. On the Alliant site this load goes about 1150 fps. Only use one size shot, 7 1/2, since I make my own shot.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

I'm waiting on some BP wads then have enough to start loading shot shells in 12g. But darned when I find a recipe for powder or primers or hulls I have, I don't or can't get the wad for the recipe. I'm so wad confused, I guess you could say I'm wadded out. I have the wad substitution chart from Hogdon, but still there are gaps. Now I'm reading about cheerio and meat tray spacers. Good grief I have a lot to learn. I would love to load some light #9 loads for my VH 12g for skeet to give her a whirl (2 1/2")

Felt, cotton, wool and fiber filler wads do the trick. Thin overshot cards too if you need to cover the shot.

[Woodcock survey]

Mike you are very kind in offering to field test my light loads. Unfortunately i do not allow them out of New England to an area which uses the term mudbat.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Daniel Carter

Mike you are very kind in offering to field test my light loads. Unfortunately i do not allow them out of New England to an area which uses the term mudbat.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Touche!! How about bogsucker? Logcock? All I say is at least we have grouse, partridges are dumber than a box of wet hammers!!

Mudbat is perfect, works perfectly with the videos of the birds doing their dance to "Tequila". We even adapted a song from the B52s. Instead of "Love Shack" you use "Mud Bat" and a host of other changed lyrics.

Improvise and adapt.

"I got me a Parker it's a 30 inch 20, so come on and bring your shot shell money! For the mud bat it's a little old bird that we can hunt togetheeeerrrr. Mud bat baaaabyyyyy. Mud bat baby!!

Muds little bat, that's where it's at. Muds little bat, that's where it's at. Mud bat baby!!"

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Touche!! How about bogsucker? Logcock? All I say is at least we have grouse, partridges are dumber than a box of wet hammers!!

Mudbat is perfect, works perfectly with the videos of the birds doing their dance to "Tequila". We even adapted a song from the B52s. Instead of "Love Shack" you use "Mud Bat" and a host of other changed lyrics.

Improvise and adapt.

"I got me a Parker it's a 30 inch 20, so come on and bring your shot shell money! For the mud bat it's a little old bird that we can hunt togetheeeerrrr. Mud bat baaaabyyyyy. Mud bat baby!!

Muds little bat, that's where it's at. Muds little bat, that's where it's at. Mud bat baby!!"

My friend Mike probably spazzed out because four of us were shooting at the Rock today and we got him in a headlock. One gent has very extensive grouse and woodcock hunting experience both in PA and NY, and the other two have been small game hunters since Hector was a pup. Mike was out touring the courses and we chided him, how none of us had ever heard that derogatory Mudbat term used to refer to the fine American game bird. Then after shooting we returned to the clubhouse for coffee and Mike was nowhere to be seen, probably out composing his retort and lyrics.

[Woodcock survey]

He continues to reveal new talents as time goes on. We anxiously await his next creation.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Frank, I was just out looking for whistle-pigs. 🤪

Daniel, never know what kind of Frankenstein’s monster can be concocted.