Duck loads for Parkers

Wild Skies · 09-19-2010, 10:06 PM

Thank you for those links Robert.

Do you know for certain if ecotungsten yields the same psi and fps when substituted for lead in lead shot recipes? Also, will my P-W shot bushings drop the same wt. load with ecotungsten as they do with lead?

Labowner · 09-19-2010, 11:26 PM

Greg, I check my loads with a digital scale as I start a new load, I have found NS to be 5% + - lighter than lead. The NS web site states load same as lead, myself and several others haven't had any issues. Not sure what P-W bushing is but your shot bushing is measuring volume and NS is just a little lighter so you shouldn't have any problems. The negative is the price but I've never came home wishing I hadn't shot so many times. Try them in your favorite loads you'll like them.

Harry Collins · 09-20-2010, 12:27 PM

Greg,

I would NOT shoot STEEL through your Full and FULL Parker. When steel shot first became manditory we foolishly opened up "Sputnik", our VH 12 gauge with 32" barrels, to improved cylinder and 3" chambers. We got away with shooting steel without "rifling" the barrels, but would not recomend it. I am always behind the times when it comes to ammunition inovations these days and don't know it shot shell manufacturers have made steel safe to shoot in our beloved old shotguns.

I am using NiceShot.

Harry