R.D. Eikenburg
32 Cal
Is there anyone here who has knowledge and/or experience with buck/ball loads in a 12 or 10 gauge shotgun? I need some reliable intel. Thanks in advance.
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Need info on shotgun buck/ball loads
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Yes I've done them in 12 gauge and .75 musket. What exactly were you in need to know? They are not very good for hunting as a load (imho). Buckshot alone would be better when the range is close and the locality allows it for hunting. 
As an SD round in combat, 1 vs. 1 might give the shooter an advantage, but the buck-n-ball rounds were really (iirc) meant for volley fire at quite close range, and would then amplify the effect of the volley vs. a bayonet charge.., or cavalry. (Not sure at 25 yards that dropping a horse that was inbound at 50 mph with a rider brandishing a saber is the best idea... inertia, don't ya know.)
LD
As an SD round in combat, 1 vs. 1 might give the shooter an advantage, but the buck-n-ball rounds were really (iirc) meant for volley fire at quite close range, and would then amplify the effect of the volley vs. a bayonet charge.., or cavalry. (Not sure at 25 yards that dropping a horse that was inbound at 50 mph with a rider brandishing a saber is the best idea... inertia, don't ya know.
) LD
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