Anyone here reload?
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I need to work up a better 7/8 load I guess. My Ruger likes a 1oz @ 1180 fps for just about everything. Same with my TB. Although I have never patterned it, a 7/8 load I was playing with just never seemed to work for me. Couldn't hit anything. Its probably in my head:banghead: 
Dave McCracken
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Probably, RL, but the pattern board will tell you PDQ.
Patterning work can easily turn into a significant investment of time, but it will tell confirm or deny your suspicions about particular loads. There are plenty of "Ah Ha!" moments along the way.
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I've had great success loading STS/Nitro/Gun Clubs with 7/8 oz hard 8.5, Tightwad, Cheddite primers, and most listed wads. My most used load is with the CB clone of the TGT12 and the data for 1,300 fps with Winchester primers. I've not patterned with the CB 4100-12, a clone of the Windjammer 8 petal wad scaled for 7/8 oz, but it seems to powder more birds. The listed pressures with this wad are extraordinarily low, but still seem to cycle my H368s, at least in spring, summer and fall. For reference, I find the H368s not quite as amenable to light loads as the Beretta 391, but close.
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I've had great success loading STS/Nitro/Gun Clubs with 7/8 oz hard 8.5, Tightwad, Cheddite primers, and most listed wads. My most used load is with the CB clone of the TGT12 and the data for 1,300 fps with Winchester primers. I've not patterned with the CB 4100-12, a clone of the Windjammer 8 petal wad scaled for 7/8 oz, but it seems to powder more birds. The listed pressures with this wad are extraordinarily low, but still seem to cycle my H368s, at least in spring, summer and fall. For reference, I find the H368s not quite as amenable to light loads as the Beretta 391, but close.
Patterning need not take a huge amount of time unless you are into pellet counting. I generally fire a few shots at the board at various distances and look for when the holes open up.
My 7/8 load is 19.5 grains of American Select, Winchester hull and primer with Claybuster replacement AA wads. Works like a charm on targets and in every gun I've tried it in including a Benelli Cordoba.
My 7/8 load is 19.5 grains of American Select, Winchester hull and primer with Claybuster replacement AA wads. Works like a charm on targets and in every gun I've tried it in including a Benelli Cordoba.
mswestfall
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I think of reloading as part of the Sport of Trap shooting.
I stick with two loads and trust them.
The birds I shoot at and miss are not because of the loads I use.
I would shoot my handicap loads at dove because the are reasonable loads for that purpose and because I know what to expect from them. That also means that I know their limit and don't take shots that are not known to produce a clean kill.
New shooters at our club tend to shoot heavier loads than they need. If they continue for several months they tend to find that they don't need as much as they started with.
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I load because it is part of my sport and makes me a better participant in my sport. That is what works for me!
I stick with two loads and trust them.
The birds I shoot at and miss are not because of the loads I use.
I would shoot my handicap loads at dove because the are reasonable loads for that purpose and because I know what to expect from them. That also means that I know their limit and don't take shots that are not known to produce a clean kill.
New shooters at our club tend to shoot heavier loads than they need. If they continue for several months they tend to find that they don't need as much as they started with.
Back t the original post...
I load because it is part of my sport and makes me a better participant in my sport. That is what works for me!
.410 all Brass fire formed .303 British
Got tired of paying high prices for .410 shells,anealed and fire formed 100rds.of .303 British for an all brass shell.Want to know how,go to( Endtimes Report) by Miles Stairs.Have loaded 3/4 oz.loads also,my favorite load I take splitshot and crimp them on a piece of strong fishing line,it is verry devistating and will hold a tight patern,or I just use #4 shot that I buy.Primers are large pistol and these shells will last a long time.
Got tired of paying high prices for .410 shells,anealed and fire formed 100rds.of .303 British for an all brass shell.Want to know how,go to( Endtimes Report) by Miles Stairs.Have loaded 3/4 oz.loads also,my favorite load I take splitshot and crimp them on a piece of strong fishing line,it is verry devistating and will hold a tight patern,or I just use #4 shot that I buy.Primers are large pistol and these shells will last a long time.
plumberroy
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The AA's I buy are 11 something
that is the price of shooting a 28 luckily Since I just wander through the woods and just once in a while shoot something I don't need bunches of themThe most reloaded shotgun shell I reload are slugs 20 ga. full bore cast slug and a 28 ga round ball
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7/8 and 3/4 in a 12 ga are decent loads, do what I ask and don't cost what the Win AA or Rem STS cost. Do i save tons of money, no. Do I enjoy another excuse to be in the gun room working on this stuff, yes.
Nuff Said.
Nuff Said.
berettashotgun
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10ga and 28ga HAS to be reloaded @ home; otherwise I'd be living in my pickup.
I, like another member, stocked up on shot , wads , and primers a few years back. Heck, I bought every activ 12 and 20 hull I could find, and a washing machine box full of fed. G.M. hulls (12ga).
Hulls were about 2 cents, primers were less than 3/4 cent , and shot was cheap - Country General going out of business - $4.50 bag. Down to 11 bags of lead
I, like another member, stocked up on shot , wads , and primers a few years back. Heck, I bought every activ 12 and 20 hull I could find, and a washing machine box full of fed. G.M. hulls (12ga).
Hulls were about 2 cents, primers were less than 3/4 cent , and shot was cheap - Country General going out of business - $4.50 bag. Down to 11 bags of lead
machinisttx
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A lot of the places we hunt are pretty open. Longer shots are common, though the rest of the group uses IC or loose modified chokes and gets by with it when they're in the right spot.
My modified and full choke barrels both pattern tight, and are destructive at closer ranges. I learned to shoot with the tighter chokes, and it's extremely rare that a bird gets away from me after being hit. Most fold up right when they're hit.
Dave McCracken
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Glad to hear it. Re chokes...
Modern ammo needs less choke than the older stuff. I shoot trap with an IC tube, and 27 yard handicap with an IM.
Were I doing dove with a single barrel gun, it'd have a LM choke in and Skeet and IM tubes handy to cover all the bases.
Modern ammo needs less choke than the older stuff. I shoot trap with an IC tube, and 27 yard handicap with an IM.
Were I doing dove with a single barrel gun, it'd have a LM choke in and Skeet and IM tubes handy to cover all the bases.
machinisttx
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I only have one gun(well, two if you count my Saiga 12) that has interchangeable chokes--and that's only because I found a barrel cheap. It's my 20 gauge wingmaster, and I can't seem to hit birds with it. Clays haven't been a problem, but live birds are a different matter entirely. I *think* most of the problem is that the gun is quite a bit lighter than my 12's and it swings a little faster. I'm probably leading a bit much with it too.
I absolutely love that 16 though.
I absolutely love that 16 though.
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