[Shouthern Hunter]

How many shells can I make with 11lbs. of NO. 7 1/2 lead shot?
12 ga. and 20ga.

[LHB1]

How many ounces of shot are you going to load into each shell? Divide that amount into the total weight of shot and find out. Any high school student should be able to do this simple math. Hint: convert the total shot weight from pounds to ounces first. If you want to split your loading between the two gauges, then decide how many pounds you want to use in the 12 and how many pounds in the 20, then compute as above.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

[Shouthern Hunter]

How many ounces of shot are you going to load into each shell? Divide that amount into the total weight of shot and find out. Any high school student should be able to do this simple math. Hint: convert the total shot weight from pounds to ounces first. If you want to split your loading between the two gauges, then decide how many pounds you want to use in the 12 and how many pounds in the 20, then compute as above.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

I am good at math, I was just not thinking of useing math for the anwser.

[LHB1]

Great! Many things about firearms are very straightforward if we can just put our thinking caps to work. Similar process for computing how much powder you will need to load the shells. A pound of powder is equivalent to 7000 grains (as used in reloading terminology). Find the load in grains you want to use for a given powder and work from there. Note that "grains" is used in reloading terminology as a unit of weight and does NOT refer to the individual granules of powder. Now you can compute number of shells you can load from the 11 pounds of shot and how many pounds of powder it will take.

Good shooting and BE SAFE.
LB

ps: Many years ago I taught math in high school. Guess I can't totally get away from it.

[m0ntels]

Be sure to take into account that a certain amount WILL fall all over your floor as well. Not that it's ever happened to any of us of course ;) For some reason it just falls out when you forget to cap that bottle and ya turn it over.

Randy

[Lennyjoe]

I hate math!:o

[Shouthern Hunter]

I hate math!:o

I like math only when it has to do with bullets and hunting.

[LHB1]

Yes, some math is more fun than other math. For instance:
Reproduction = Multiplication
but
Multiplication = Math
so
Reproduction = Math ;) ;)

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

[m0ntels]

Since I got a few min to kill at work...

Load size / No. Loads
7/8oz = 201
1oz = 176
1 1/8 oz = 156
1 1/4oz = 140

11lbs = 176 oz

Divide and conquer!

I forget how much a bag of shot normally weighs but this sounds about right...

Randy

[LHB1]

Shot for reloading shotshells is usually sold in 25 pound bags.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

[MNgoldenbear]

Yeah, that kind of caught my attention. Not to imply you haven't checked, but is this a partial sack, or might you have been sold something else by mistake? Not trying to say you aren't careful, but just wouldn't want a fellow shooter to get hurt with the wrong loading components.

[Shouthern Hunter]

I was looking at cabelas and that is the only bag of shot they have, besides buck shot.