000 buck or in British, LG.

[Britsmoothy]

I acquired a lot of old cartridges the other day. BB, #4 buck, #1 shot.
It'll get used on crows or something one day but in amongst them was quite a few 000 buck shot loads so I pulled the shot to have some fun with big Ted.
Now you know me so don't get expecting a scientific methodical approach to this shooting test!

The target was an empty 250 slab carton they box 12g shot shells in.


Shot one. 90gns of powder, two thin cards, balled brown paper, card, 12 000 buckshot and one card.

It wasn't very thrilling and that was from the tighter left barrel!

So I then shot the right barrel.

I went from three in the target to five in the target

I did not like the soft recoil or report so did the test again only this time no paper. Just card plus leather, plus card, plus leather and one more card.
Wow! I went from five count to thirteen!

That was the left barrel first again.
The following shot from the right barrel increased the count to 15

I need to rerun the test again. The last two shots had much better power too. I can feel my shoulder still now! Oh and I forgot my ears. Ouch!
I found some of the cards.

Apart from my ears I enjoyed the session and my appreciation for a 10g is rising!

 

[Sidney Smith]

Nice. Bet she kicked like an angry mule.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Nice. Bet she kicked like an angry mule.

Not really no. Feels normal to me.
The gun is quite heavy.

 

[Sidney Smith]

Ah. The weight does have a way of taming heavy loads. I have a modern Over/under that's pretty hefty. Heavier pheasant loads feel not much different than lighter dove and grouse loads.

 

[Stantheman86]

Straight .31 buckshot out of my .69 Smoothbores just randomly sprays out all over the place , even with 12 or more balls.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Straight .31 buckshot out of my .69 Smoothbores just randomly sprays out all over the place , even with 12 or more balls.

What was the wadding?
I was amazed by the difference the wadding made!

 

[SDSmlf]

I like it. Obvious conclusion, at least to me, is you need to try various combinations to figure out what works best in your gun. Not many shortcuts in this game. Good job Brit.

 

[Stantheman86]

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What was the wadding?
I was amazed by the difference the wadding made!

Buckshot straight on top of the powder with phone book paper on top for wadding

 

[Britsmoothy]

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Buckshot straight on top of the powder with phone book paper on top for wadding

Hmmm, I would separate the powder from the shot friend.

 

[Historian]

Brit, from my loadings I discovered tightly fitting leather wads over the powder make a huge difference. Good Shooting my friend.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Brit, from my loadings I discovered tightly fitting leather wads over the powder make a huge difference. Good Shooting my friend.

Yes sir, leather makes for fine wads