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I wanna see you hit that Dr Pepper can at about 65 yards with one of those roundballs
All BS aside I wish I had a hammerless 8 gauge so I could give it a try as well !
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What kind and how much powder you using ?
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only Charlie can see lead and think Bar-B-Que
can't wait to hear the next shooting report
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paul im useing a winchester clear hull and winchester 209 primer 40 grains of alliant powder blue dot...3 half inch thick card waddings..then i cut a rem.sp8 ga plastic wadding down to the main base..seat the lead ball put small amount of pressure as i hot glue ball in place..load is very comfortable to shoot light on shoulder and stock.. at 25 long steps the old 8 ga was shooting about 6 inches high on those two shots..there was about 4 inches between the shots... craig you might as well be hunting you a old 8 ga up...there a hoot to shoot for sure..i m gona try to be ready for a deer when he or she comes by... charlie
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started raining this evening so i went into the shop and decided to load up the round ball loads..took me about 30 minutes to load and glue in place but then i had time to shoot 5 loads as it had quit raining..shot from the 25 long step poistion i had used before all 5 shots in a pie plate circle..gun is shooting high yet and to the left about 4 inches..my last shot i aimed to the right about 4 to 5 inches and dead centered the target..tommorrow i will shoot again and see if my kentucky windage is still on...gonna go for a dr pepper can at 65 yards some day.ha.....charlie
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shot the 8 ga parker again this morning..fired 5 shots from 25 steps..all 5 shots were grouped in a 4 inch circle..my kentucy widage is rite on...both barrels are fireing to same point i have to remember to shoot right about 4 inches and take a fiune site to keep from shooting high...my last shot wasat 35 steps needless to say i either pulled off or somnething my shot went 8 inches to the left of the other 5 shots..at 25 steps i know were gun shoots i now have to make some more round balls and load up several rounds.. i would like to get old gun to shooting ok out to 40 yardsbut 50 would be better..i should know in a few days.. charlie
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Charlie - I know this is more information than you may be looking for, but . . .
Did you weigh the lead balls for consistency and separate out the light and heavy ones and keep them together by weight? Then reload the balls in each weight group (they don't have to be exact weights but within a decent range of each other) and see how they shoot. You might be surprised. It's a little more work, but success comes from good works. |
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09-12-2013, 11:13 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Charlie, it sounds to me like you are right in the ball park with those loads. I think with a good hold you are going to hit your deer out to 35 yards. I know you will be successful this year. I know these things. I'm psychotic.
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