Cpl. Ashencheeks
40 Cal.
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- Mar 31, 2014
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Has anyone shot a Skychief shot load from blunderbuss and if so, what were the results?
I am curious for any gauge results, but more specifically for 28 since I built one of those Traditions kits in percussion sometime last year. I know they don't look like a real period blunderbuss, but that is not why I bought it. I made a metal ramrod for it, and I intend on putting two leather straps around the barrel with loops to hold the ramrod at the side of the shotgun. If I could afford a real and usable blunderbuss, I would get one. However, they seem somewhat cost prohibitive.
I have not shot it yet and would like to know how it might perform using the above-mentioned load compared to the traditional card and wad loads. My usual loads for 28 gauge out of my 33-inch barrel shotgun is 50 grains of ffg black powder and a 55-grain measure of ITX-10 or bismuth no. 6 shot. This seems like a good starting point for my blunderbuss.
Is any range gained? What kind of patterns, or any other information on how different loads behave for any gauge?
I am curious for any gauge results, but more specifically for 28 since I built one of those Traditions kits in percussion sometime last year. I know they don't look like a real period blunderbuss, but that is not why I bought it. I made a metal ramrod for it, and I intend on putting two leather straps around the barrel with loops to hold the ramrod at the side of the shotgun. If I could afford a real and usable blunderbuss, I would get one. However, they seem somewhat cost prohibitive.
I have not shot it yet and would like to know how it might perform using the above-mentioned load compared to the traditional card and wad loads. My usual loads for 28 gauge out of my 33-inch barrel shotgun is 50 grains of ffg black powder and a 55-grain measure of ITX-10 or bismuth no. 6 shot. This seems like a good starting point for my blunderbuss.
Is any range gained? What kind of patterns, or any other information on how different loads behave for any gauge?