Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[charlie cleveland]

my slug mold is .835 my bores on the old parker lifter is .842...some body wacked off about 7 1/2 inches of her barrels they are 27 1/4 inch now...I ve got to get her shooting better only good for 30 yards now would like to get her shooting out to 40 yards I would be happy with that range....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Ordered the .785" and a .795" just a couple minutes ago . Lets see if I get them in time to use in the early September antlerless season

[charlie cleveland]

I aint had time to shoot my old 8 but soon real soon... I hope ypu get those slug loads shooting good....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I aint had time to shoot my old 8 but soon real soon... I hope ypu get those slug loads shooting good....charlie

These are punkin (round) balls . I doubt I ever buy another slug mold , I have the one that’s to big for the chokes in my tens and I can patch it up enough to work inside my parameters . One of those molds comes from the maker then you send it to the hollow point guy to make a base plug . By the time it’s done you’ve got over $200 invested . I’ll just make do with the slugs I already have . These roundball molds from Tanner’s in the UK are about $45 each plus shipping .

[6pt-Sika]

The new punkin ball molds arrived in NYC yesterday now how long will it take to make the six hour trip to central Virginia ! I went out about an hour ago to try 000000 buck , .775” punkin balls and .775” slugs . Shot them all at 28 yards . Decided on 000000 buck for the right barrel and the slugs/punkin balls are about the same out the left barrel . First pic is buck second is slugs and the last is punkin balls .

[6pt-Sika]

Oh yes failed to mention these were shot in the slightly more open PH 8 rather than the tighter hammer gun .

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

The new punkin ball molds arrived in NYC yesterday now how long will it take to make the six hour trip to central Virginia ! I went out about an hour ago to try 000000 buck , .775” punkin balls and .775” slugs . Shot them all at 28 yards . Decided on 000000 buck for the right barrel and the slugs/punkin balls are about the same out the left barrel . First pic is buck second is slugs and the last is punkin balls .

I was looking at a 10 ga pumpkin ball/ tri ball load recently, somehow they stuffed three 1 1/8oz round balls into a 10 ga hull . Definitely more weight than I would want to fire out of a 10lb gun lol . I have some buckshot loads planned for the 8 gauge but ive been procrastinating on it .

[charlie cleveland]

looks like the pumpkin balls shot really well...deer would be down for the count if hit ....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

looks like the pumpkin balls shot really well...deer would be down for the count if hit ....charlie

I suspect they’d be down inside thirty yards with any of the three .

[6pt-Sika]

I’m pleased and slightly surprised . Last year when the three molds I ordered from the UK arrived in this country they sat in Chicago for three weeks before they turned them loose . This year the pair came in country Sunday in NYC and were in my PO Box this morning . Three DAYS beats the heck out of three weeks Already cleaned them with gunscrubber and sooted with a match , might just cast a few tonight .