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For what its worth a .575 round ball fits in the bottom of an RP12 wad pretty well (and would also be 20ga size). You could save a bit of lead that way. The RP12 (and other remington wads) have ribs...

The RSI Pressure Trace 2 system is more like $600, with extra strain gages another $100 or so. I'll vouch for how annoying the epoxying is, it is what de-railed me using mine earlier this spring,...

My conundrum for deer season: Stick with my 8 pellet 00 load and have pretty decent performance from 0-40 yards, or try for a buck and ball to give great penetration (blood trail for close up,...

I've shipped a 600 in a flat rate box (forget the size) by taking the base off which requires one bolt. Then $15 or so and you'll get it shipped.

Longshot on a 1oz slug is something I want to work up when I get my pressure trace system. I suspect it is just a matter of adding more powder until you increase the pressure, but that is no man's...

You may not get good results from that, Longshot doesn't like to be under-loaded. A .678 hard cast will be about 450 grains, 1-1/8 oz is 492 grains. That is the lightest load you can find data for...

The fact that different primers can have a 3000psi difference in pressure doesn't jump out at you (and the fact the OP is asking about substituting a primer for which I'm sure there is no reloading...

Treeman, did those loads use a wad with petals on? Most 20ga buck data is for wad petals removed, but there is next to zero load data for 12ga that has you cut the wad petals off. 000 with wad petals...

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Buy a mold from buckshotmold.com? These are the sharpshooter molds common on here. May have to email him, he doesn't always list everything he has. I have a .190 mold, think he goes down...

Some more cheddite loads here, 460 grains. http://www.ballisticproducts.com/load13_03_25.htm With the brush wad that is used it could also be used for 000 since there are no petals. You'd get 6...

Just be aware of the charge weights. BPI buckshot is quite a bit lighter than a mostly lead, nominal sized buck shot (not sure if it is under sized or due to their nickle plating). For instance,...

The problem with a lot of (most?) factory buckshot is they are sure using the full .015 or more of SAAMI shot size tolerance. To fit 3 pellets in bore diameter of a 20ga they have to be .29 or...

You won't be able to do 20ga with anything larger than .310-.315, and then you'll have to cut off wad petals (I've seen no conclusive or convincing information on the pressure effects of doing such)....

That may be true, but I shot these from the same barrel and same choke. So why did one get much bigger at one distance, but then the pattern did not seem to get any bigger from there? The other had a...

Charlie, no experience with that tumbler, but mine is a Thumbler's Tumbler, it is a hexagonal shape. You don't need complete fins, in fact, that may let the shot drop too far since it wouldn't drop...

No, but given the consistently 7-9" at 33 yards I was kind of hoping for 12-15" at 45 or so. These are already buffered, but good idea on backing it down a bit. Considering the speed this isn't bad,...

I have been working with the IMR 8 pellet 00 load and have been getting pretty good results at 33 yards, about 7-9" is typical. I recently stepped back a bit to 43-45 yards and the pattern grew...

A 3x3 stack does not work well with true 00 buck in a wad. It works great without a wad, and the ammo manufacturers cheat and use more like .315 and call it 00, but you'll likely want to stack it...

RMc,

Thank you for reminding me of this. I actually have a snap shot of this in my reloading excel sheet, but your post triggered the thought in my mind since I just got some buffer this past...

You may be able to beat those prices for low end buckshot and slugs by about half (25 cents per round or so). However, OnHoPr isn't kidding about the up front costs. You can get a press for $50 or so...

I have made a tool for my own use, so my apologies in that it isn't the most user friendly tool in the world. That can be found here. At the bottom left is the diameter of circle a given number of...

00 fits in a trio WITHOUT a wad, it doesn't really fit in a wad properly. In stacks of 3, the circle the shot will fit in is 2.155 times the diameter. If you have true .33" 00 buck, that is .711". A...

If you want to go cheap, use this calculator: http://www.ewrg.org/sscalc.html

This will show you where the opportunities lie. In this case there is as much opportunity in powder as there is shot....

Bob, if blasting is your goal, this is the correct answer (or get a $22 lee slug mold). Buy a sharpshooter mold ( www.buckshotmold.com ) for about $40, then have shot for just the cost of lead. His...

It is totally financially feasible. 6000 bb's can be had for $8 from amazon ( http://amzn.to/2cGqGC4 ). 6000 BB's is a bit over 5lbs, making the shot $1.50 per pound for small quantities, vs buying...