An 8 bore intended for a bit different purpose.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I’ve used 10 gauge with 0000 and 00000 homecast to kill deer . Did that a couple years ago . Neither deer traveled more than twenty yards after the shot . All my buckshot is cast from an alloy of 50% clip on wheelweights and 50% pure lead . Harder seems to do better at further distance but I’m intrested in a max of about thirty yards .

We have this small watering hole that the hogs use that you can jump shoot pretty close up about 15-20 yards max. I thinking the 8 gauge with large buckshot like you mentioned might be a good solution. Whats the diameter on the 00000 balls ? Currently I am thinking super buck Ts for the coyotes and the .440 roundballs for the hogs 6 pellets of those should be around 1 3/4 oz roughly .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

I thinking the 8 gauge with large buckshot like you mentioned might be a good solution. Whats the diameter on the 00000 balls ?

.415”

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

.415”

That should stack evenly in layers of 2 right? According to my mic .417 is the max size roundball that would evenly stack in these Winchester hulls. I read that unevenly stacked buckshot gives bad patterns but havnt seen this tested? Hence why 000 is usually the largest loaded in the 12ga and 0000 being ideal for the 10 as it stacks evenly.