Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

I still wanna get to the range possibly Monday in the AM to test loads in a 6.5x54 MS so after dinner tonight I think I’ll load two punkin balls to try in the left barrel and maybe two more with 000000 buck .

[charlie cleveland]

I thought of this..maybe if we sight down the center of each barrel we might get better scores out of the slugs... my bore diameter is .842 my round ball diameter is .835 im going to try your tape method to see if I can get better accuracy out of my gun....I f I can get my gun to shoot out to 50 yards with good hits I will be satisfied with it...I m better with my slingshot than I am with my pumpkin ball loads....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I thought of this..maybe if we sight down the center of each barrel we might get better scores out of the slugs... my bore diameter is .842 my round ball diameter is .835 im going to try your tape method to see if I can get better accuracy out of my gun....I f I can get my gun to shoot out to 50 yards with good hits I will be satisfied with it...I m better with my slingshot than I am with my pumpkin ball loads....charlie

While you might be onto something I don’t think I’d remmember while hunting to sight down a particular barrel and besides they’re supposed to be regulated to cross at some point . I dunno if masking tape will work on roundballs I’ve only done that with slugs . I have however seen some roundballs Ross Seyfried had paper patched for a rifled 8 bore double .

[6pt-Sika]

The 000000 I cast the other day I decided to roll between two pieces of steel today to kinda round out the spruce area . So while at the shop today I rolled about half of what I cast . When I got home I loaded two rounds with International Clays and six pellets with buffer . And shortly I shot one from the right and one from the left at 30 yards . BOTH barrels tightened up the pattern noticeably although POI was a touch left of POA . When I got back in the house I loaded two more for Damage Control Tuesday evening !

[6pt-Sika]

Tried the DH today just for kicks and giggles Two .795” punkin balls with three wraps of masking tape out of the right barrel . A bit high but I can deal with and a load of 000000 buck out the left barrel , that’s 10 smaller roundballs of .415” .

[6pt-Sika]

Incidentally as usual the pics turned to the left ninety degrees . Both pics should show that loads a bit above POA but windage in pretty decent order .

[6pt-Sika]

Decided to try the .775” 730 grain conical slugs again . But this time using International Clays 31 grains . A Remington hull , Chedright primer , Remington SP-8 wad and four 1/8” 12 gauge cards . Also put four wraps of plain old masking tape to build the diameter a bit and hopefully cut down on barrel leading . If I get home this afternoon before dark I’ll try three from the right on one target and three from the left on a second target . I’ll set my box at about 27 yards I think .

[charlie cleveland]

poor little deer better not come for a snack tonite....your throwing some pretty tight patterns now.....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

poor little deer better not come for a snack tonite....your throwing some pretty tight patterns now.....charlie

Hopefully we’ll see Tuesday evening ! That was at thirty yards I have half a notion to try out to forty but hold a touch higher and a touch right .

[6pt-Sika]

I ordered the .775" roundball mold for punkin ball loads in the hammer 8 . The nammerless 8 I have has a slightly more open bore as it was made for buckshot or atleast the factory letter stated it was to shoot close with buckshot . SO I think I might order a pair of roundball molds from Tanner a .785" to try in the hammer gun and a .795" to try in the hammerless gun .