Anyone Load 12ga Double Ball .60 cal in 2 3/4 Hull
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FROGO207
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Not presently but this sounds like something to try. Might be similar in setup to the Lee key drive slug but heavier payload and need buffer.
Alliant has Blue Dot data for a 1-1/2 oz shot load (notng that [email protected] caliber balls together are ~600gr or 1.4oz)
The problem is that you'd need a wad/shotcup where the cup is 1.2" in depth to get any sense of even starting
load data.
The problem is that you'd need a wad/shotcup where the cup is 1.2" in depth to get any sense of even starting
load data.
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I strongly urge the OP not to use anything but pure lead when playing w/ large-caliber slugs/balls in a shotgun barrel.
Even using just cylinder bore.
Added, I suggest the OP be real careful on researching/choosing eventual component combinations -- as flying somewhat blind is at work here.
I also recommend a chronograph, and checking that he does not exceed published 1-1/2 oz ballistics whatever he finally puts together.
Even using just cylinder bore.
Added, I suggest the OP be real careful on researching/choosing eventual component combinations -- as flying somewhat blind is at work here.
I also recommend a chronograph, and checking that he does not exceed published 1-1/2 oz ballistics whatever he finally puts together.
35 Whelen
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You need to ask this question on the Cast Boolit forum. Those guys over there do some really cool stuff.
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good idea , I did run some ideas and got some great guidance from Wade Rush "bubba rountree outdoors" I have watched lots of his videos and emailed him a few times
http://www.bubbarountreeoutdoors.com
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I do,
But, not a .60, but a single .690” ball cast from a Lee mold.
I use a 1oz shot cup, and a powder charge for a 1-1/8oz load using GreenDot. Only because I was gifted several pounds about 5yrs ago.
I use instant grits for a filler under the ball to raise it to even with the top of the wad fingers in a Winchester Compression hull. Crimp for good crimp… They aren’t “hot”, but do reliably cycle my M1187 with a cantilever scope base 21”bbl and a rifled choke tube. Velocity is around 1,300fps. Accuracy about 3” at 25yds.
Better is the Lee 7/8oz Key Drive slug. I put two 5/8” card wads under it with the same powder charge. It’s 4-5” at 50yds.
I don’t hunt with them, just range practice and plinking empty milk jugs…
(ALL PRECAUTIONS REGARDING RELOADING INFORMATION APPLIES! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK).
But, not a .60, but a single .690” ball cast from a Lee mold.
I use a 1oz shot cup, and a powder charge for a 1-1/8oz load using GreenDot. Only because I was gifted several pounds about 5yrs ago.
I use instant grits for a filler under the ball to raise it to even with the top of the wad fingers in a Winchester Compression hull. Crimp for good crimp… They aren’t “hot”, but do reliably cycle my M1187 with a cantilever scope base 21”bbl and a rifled choke tube. Velocity is around 1,300fps. Accuracy about 3” at 25yds.
Better is the Lee 7/8oz Key Drive slug. I put two 5/8” card wads under it with the same powder charge. It’s 4-5” at 50yds.
I don’t hunt with them, just range practice and plinking empty milk jugs…
(ALL PRECAUTIONS REGARDING RELOADING INFORMATION APPLIES! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK).
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AJC1
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That sounds a lot like the bolo load without the connecting wires. You may benifit from load data where people recreate these loads.... sounds like a fun project, stay safe 
Use a Claybuster CB0178-12 (WAA12L) wad in a AA or Gun Club hull (standard folding crimp), and load as for 1⅛ oz
Col. Harrumph
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I fiddled a bit with a 20 ga. lead ball in a 12 ga. shot cup, looking for a homebrew slug load for my rifled barrel W1300. Nothing seemed to work; accuracy was miserable. Picking up the wads downrange, I always found that one petal of the shot cup was badly deformed and bent back at an extreme angle. I surmised the ball was starting out off-center, crushed one petal and then wobbled non-concentrically downbore.
Soonerpesek
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Were you, by chance, using any sort of filler in the wad...?
I recently started to load shotshells, it is a really interesting and fun endeavor.....
AJC1
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Fortunecookie45lc seemed to have really good luck with the Russian slug and proprietary wad. He made a video recently that those components are no longer available. Politics screws up our fun...
Col. Harrumph
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With and without cornmeal... no, it was farina. Made no difference. I did buy some wads intended for steel shot (TPS from Ballistic Products) but haven't tried them yet... gotta cast more round ball first.
35 Whelen
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I read where a guy loading undersized lead balls wrapped them in wadding, or with some sort of patch material.
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