Jason_W
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I tend to learn things just a little too late.
Over the last couple of years I started handloading slugs and buckshot. It's a challenge, but also very interesting.
What I didn't realize is that a shotshell reloader doesn't have the same leeway for experimentation that a metallic cartridge loader does. One of the slugs I've been working with is the lee cast one ounce. The standard load involves a Winchester AA hull and wad and varying amounts and types of powder as provided by the manufacturer. They shoot sort of ok.
I modified the recipe switching out the AA wad for a BPI wad that fit the slug a little better, switched out the hull for a Fiocci, kept the powder charge the same, topped it off with a clear plastic overshot card gave it a near perfect roll crimp. They look gorgeous.
Always second guessing myself, I did some research (after the fact, of course:banghead and it turns out component substitution is a real no-no when loading shotshells and that often the only high pressure sign you'll get is an exploding gun.
Now I have to disassemble 10 beautiful looking slug rounds
Over the last couple of years I started handloading slugs and buckshot. It's a challenge, but also very interesting.
What I didn't realize is that a shotshell reloader doesn't have the same leeway for experimentation that a metallic cartridge loader does. One of the slugs I've been working with is the lee cast one ounce. The standard load involves a Winchester AA hull and wad and varying amounts and types of powder as provided by the manufacturer. They shoot sort of ok.
I modified the recipe switching out the AA wad for a BPI wad that fit the slug a little better, switched out the hull for a Fiocci, kept the powder charge the same, topped it off with a clear plastic overshot card gave it a near perfect roll crimp. They look gorgeous.
Always second guessing myself, I did some research (after the fact, of course:banghead and it turns out component substitution is a real no-no when loading shotshells and that often the only high pressure sign you'll get is an exploding gun.
Now I have to disassemble 10 beautiful looking slug rounds