10, 8 and 4 bore load data

[james kinnear]

Here is some load data for the big bores, its from a book from the UK that is around 45 years old so i am not sure how relevant it will be, but it might interest some folk.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Thanks James. Those loads are much hotter than what we’re loading in our 8g guns. We’re loading 1 1/2 oz of shot and much less powder. Those Remington hulls will no longer be produced. Are Henry hulls made over in England? I have never heard of them.

[Jay Oliver]

A good friend of mine who will be at the Southern and participating in the 8 gauge event, likes to fill up brass shotshells with both powder and lead. I shot his gun with 2oz of shot and 5 drams of 2f.

The first time I shot it think I rattled every filling I had and forgot who I was for a few seconds. Then I really got into it. Even in a heavy gun you know you're shooting something. That was a satisfying thump especially on long shots.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Jay Oliver

A good friend of mine who will be at the Southern and participating in the 8 gauge event, likes to fill up brass shotshells with both powder and lead. I shot his gun with 2oz of shot and 5 drams of 2f.

The first time I shot it think I rattled every filling I had and forgot who I was for a few seconds. Then I really got into it. Even in a heavy gun you know you're shooting something. That was a satisfying thump especially on long shots.

No no no ! When I got the first hammer 8 the seller sent me a few loaded shells of which a couple were 2 or 2 1/4 ounce and when I got my loader from Armbrust/Burns they included a handful of loaded rounds and a couple were two ounce . They all jarred me pretty well . Then a few years later I wanted to make a gobble bird load and did some stout Armbrust 2 and 2 1/4 ounce loads using if memory serves Blue Dot . I never finished shooting my pattern test loads and I forgot about killing a turkey . The 000000 buck loads with ten pellets are stout enough for me and about as recoiling as the 2 1/4 ounce loads . I’m pretty sure I’ve potted my last deer with an 8 gauge or anything else for that matter .

[james kinnear]

Here are some more loads taken from a book published in 1978, the powder called N82 is an old discontinued UK powder, i last used it in the 1980's.