Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

Loaded a few more today ! But cut back to the 40A bushing got Universal Clays rather than the 41 bushing I used the other day . I also used the older Remington Corrugated hulls . I’m finding just a minute bit of lubricant on the case Edgar turns out a far better roll crimp . Loaded four of the .785 and six of the .795 . Then when I did the 000000 I put ten pellets and 1 1/2 scoops buffer . Made five with ten pellets and one with eight pellets . The one with eight got 1/4” of 10 gauge nitro card in the shot cup with everything else staying the same . Maybe I can try a couple later this evening on paper .

[charlie cleveland]

them roll crimps look good to me...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Some of the punkin balls in the older Remington hulls have me hang fires . But the ones that went off correctly looked okay from the left barrel . The 10 pellets of 000000 has a bit of a push to it but the two I shot from the right barrel looked decent enough . Incidentally these were shot at 30 yards . This was with slightly less powder and a more stable rest . 785’s then 795’d then two targets of buckshot , the 795 has four shots the two at the bottom were hang fires .

[6pt-Sika]

Took a slight turn today . Loaded some punkin balls with fiber and card wads . Card over the powder then a few fiber wads . They seem to fit very well . I’d picked up a bunch of 8 gauge stuff couple months ago so why not try it . Loaded two with the .795” ball , three with the .785” ball and four buckshot with the Gualandi wad . All in nice new Remington hulls . I’ve also found putting just a skoosh of white grease on the end helps quite a bit in the roll crimping process .

[charlie cleveland]

looking good....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Shot all the roundball loads and didn’t care for the results . Shot 000000 buck in the right and left barrels as well . The buck loads looked very decent at 30 yards . Tommorrow I’ll load some more punkin balls with the SP-8 wads in new hulls then try two out the left barrel of both .785” and .795” . And hopefully we can go from there . With the buck the right barrel was fired at the one with the yellow bullseye and the left barrel at the one with four bullseyes .

[charlie cleveland]

them deer better look out now it looks like your getting good patterns .....charlie

[charlie cleveland]

looks like those conical slugs would do good I hope so I would like to try these...do you cast your own conicals or is there some where a fellow could purchace them....charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

looks like those conical slugs would do good I hope so I would like to try these...do you cast your own conicals or is there some where a fellow could purchace them....charlie

I have a mold that’s .775” for the 8 and another that’s .730” for the 10 . Both are about 730 grains . I’ve got several other molds I’ve used in the 10 gauge . I loaded six more of the .795” round balls pushed with International clays and having three wraps of tape .

[6pt-Sika]

Shot the punkin balls first two from the right barrel on one target and two from the left on another target . They didn’t show me enough to warrant a picture ! Then I did the same with the .775” 730 grain slug . Right then left .