10 gauge clays load

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Ryan Keirl

Ok, I got all my conponents except red dot. Hopefully, my wife will pick some up at scheels if they have it in stock tomorrow. I weighed out 1 1/8 oz of 7.5 shot. I put the 16 gauge 1/2" fiber wad in first and the shot would spill over the top of the SP10. When I go to actually load acouple of these, should I put the fiber wad under still and just let the shot be contained by the hull or shot first and thrn the wad under crimp?

I would not worry about shot being over the shot cup of the SP10 wad as long as the overall height is correct for a good crimp. These old guns were built and shot long before the plastic shot cup had been invented. In the old days the entire shot column was in contact with the bore. Using 1 1/8 ounce loads and the SP10 with that 1/2 filler wad my Parker will pattern in the high 80 percentile and my Remington 1894 in the low 90 percentile. The small amount of shot not in the cup won't matter.