Buckshot Alah 8 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

Just tried the two 0000 buck buffered at 30 yards . Eight barrel looks good and I just mighta pulled the left a skoosh . I also found the 00000 buck and the .775” slugs I’d cast before . So perhaps after dinner I’ll load two more of the 0000 buck , four of the 00000 buck and four slugs . Wanna try the 00000 and slugs at 30 yards then all three at forty yards . Eight barrel was fired at the benchrest target and the left at the pistol target . Oh yes these were with 31 grains of Clays .

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Just tried the two 0000 buck buffered at 30 yards . Eight barrel looks good and I just mighta pulled the left a skoosh . I also found the 00000 buck and the .775” slugs I’d cast before . So perhaps after dinner I’ll load two more of the 0000 buck , four of the 00000 buck and four slugs . Wanna try the 00000 and slugs at 30 yards then all three at forty yards . Eight barrel was fired at the benchrest target and the left at the pistol target . Oh yes these were with 31 grains of Clays .

Wow thats a beautiful 8 gauge !
I may have missed it but what are you planning on hunting with the 8 gauge buckshot ?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

Wow thats a beautiful 8 gauge !
I may have missed it but what are you planning on hunting with the 8 gauge buckshot ?

Maybe a deer this Friday . Damage Control permits As a matter of fact four of us went last night and got seven .

[6pt-Sika]

Loaded up two more with 0000 buck buffered , also loaded four with eight 00000 buckshot buffered as well . Then I loaded eight with the .775” 730 grain slug which needed one 12 gauge nitro card to have the correct height . All are using 31 grains of Clays and a CCI209M .

[charlie cleveland]

are you casting your own slugs...tell us something about your 8 ga...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

are you casting your own slugs...tell us something about your 8 ga...charlie

Yeah I cast the slugs and the 0000 an 00000 Buckshot . A friend in Ohio had Accurate molds cut the mold for the slug I’m using . I had borrowed the mold a year or two ago , but at the time the only thing I could use them
In was a 10 gauge ML I’ve since purchased the mold from him . Oh yeah he had it cut for an LC Smith 10 gauge that the barrels had been cut . That slug fits very well inside the SP-8 wad and is a good height with a single 12 gauge nitro card underneath .

[6pt-Sika]

Well I shot the 00000 at 30 yards and it was okay . Shot the 0000 and 00000 at forty yards and it wasn’t as okay . The slugs were not so okay , when they went off correctly they did okay at thirty and forty yards . However I had about 50% hang fires . I’m going to load some more slugs with Universal Clays and International Clays . Also wanna load some 000 , 00 and 0 buckshot to see if it does any better at forty yards . I may try the other two powders with the buckshot as well . Incidentally while I was searching my shelves for the open 8 pounder of Universal Clays I found I already had a four pounder of Clays , if I’d known that I’d have saved the forty bucks the two cans of Clays cost me last week LOL’s.

[charlie cleveland]

try bluedot my buckshot loads do well with this powder... my roundball loads are only accurate to 30 yards in my 8 ga lifter....hope to better the round ball load soon...charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Just finished a group all pushed with 32 grains of International Clays 0 , 00 , 000 , 0000 and 730 grain slugs . Think I’ll ease out front and try them now .

[Milton C Starr]

Has anyone tried a tri ball load in the 8 gauge ? , I remember seeing a 12 ga tri ball load on another forum that patterned pretty good out to 40 iirc . I think it was 3 .600" balls and usually patterned them in like a small triangle .

I have been thinking of eventually trying to make a 10 ga 2 7/8 #4 buck load , would be interesting to used a old sxs on coyotes .