SpiderJohn
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Not being able to find a recipe that matched what I had in my inventory,(or for that matter anything with 000 buck, the books stop at 00 buck), I took my standard 1 1/8 oz. dove load and replaced the load with 000 Buck.
12 gauge remington 2 3/4" sts hull
1 winchester W209 primer
17.7 grains red dot
1 WAA12 wad
6 000 buck pellets
I tried several wad pressures to get a decent crimp.
30 pounds
50 pounds
70 pounds
90 pounds
100 pounds
The crimps were very shallow up to 70 lbs, and after that, they actually looked like they should.
None of the shells ended up being actually round, they all showed some deformation. You cannot get 000 buck pellets to sit side by side in a 12 gauge wad. the pellets were loaded in a spiral pattern within the wad.
They all fed and shot well. at 15 yards, they all delivered the payload within a 5 inch group, no wad pressure was any better than another. All pellets completely exited a yellow pine 1x6. I did not have a chronograph with me to get measurements.
The firearm was a Rem 870 express 28" barrel with an IC choke. Cleaning the barrel showed no unusual patterns in the crud, so I figured the wad held up through the barrel. My main concern was that the weight of the load, combined with the accelleration would distort the wad to the point it would allow lead to drag against the barrel on the way out. This does not appear to have happend.
Does this load sound excessive? Should I continue working this load, or should I go back to the books, break down and start over?
12 gauge remington 2 3/4" sts hull
1 winchester W209 primer
17.7 grains red dot
1 WAA12 wad
6 000 buck pellets
I tried several wad pressures to get a decent crimp.
30 pounds
50 pounds
70 pounds
90 pounds
100 pounds
The crimps were very shallow up to 70 lbs, and after that, they actually looked like they should.
None of the shells ended up being actually round, they all showed some deformation. You cannot get 000 buck pellets to sit side by side in a 12 gauge wad. the pellets were loaded in a spiral pattern within the wad.
They all fed and shot well. at 15 yards, they all delivered the payload within a 5 inch group, no wad pressure was any better than another. All pellets completely exited a yellow pine 1x6. I did not have a chronograph with me to get measurements.
The firearm was a Rem 870 express 28" barrel with an IC choke. Cleaning the barrel showed no unusual patterns in the crud, so I figured the wad held up through the barrel. My main concern was that the weight of the load, combined with the accelleration would distort the wad to the point it would allow lead to drag against the barrel on the way out. This does not appear to have happend.
Does this load sound excessive? Should I continue working this load, or should I go back to the books, break down and start over?
