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Thread: New to shotgun reloading

  1. #1
    Boolit Bub
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    New to shotgun reloading

    Hello to all I am new to shotgun reloading. I have been reloading metallic handgun and rifle for years. I recently purchased a lee pot for melting lead, actually started that yesterday with pretty good results. ( I was very impressed). I have a couple of questions for some seasoned loaders. First, I have a (both from ebay)lee Key Drive slug mold,1oz. I also have a lee 00 buckshot mold (18pellets per). I have purchased some white federal shotgun shells,primed from Ballistic products. I also got the 12s4 wads, clear overshot cards, hard card wad 1/2", and the .125 nitro card. I am going to use hs6 powder. I have a old school lee shotshell loader,(ebay) hand tools. I would like to load, obviously the slugs and 00 buckshot. I have been pouring over the post here to see what others have done, and have noticed a lot of guys using the plastic wads, I have the 12s4 type (brown). I have been trying to figure out a good shot column for the 00 buck with a fold crimp and a good slug shell with clear overshot card with a roll crimp. I went to the BP site last night and ordered a roll crimp and some 16g .125 card for the slug to fit in the 12s4 shot wad, was recommended by a member...vdo or something. I read his post and was very informative, yet kind of confused. I had the idea of using the 1/2" hard card wad if possible in lieu of the 12s4. I really could use some recommendations, based off of the supplies I have on hand. Looking for a recoil of about #4 buck in both loads. (if thats possible). My daughter loves shooting with me, so I wanted to give her something that wouldn't beat her down too bad. She's awfully good with the S&W .45acp revolver, so I am gonna start with casting some for it as well. Anyway, thank you in advance for any advice and recommendations you have. I use hogdons website alot for my loading specs.
    Smitty

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    Boolit Man
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    Well if you are new to reloading shot shell you went the wrong way to start. New hulls are a pain many of the things you have will have you pulling rest of your hair out .
    Good luck and merry christmas

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    Hello QwikSting, you read my post as VdoMemorie's-BlazingSabots,

    as you can see the slug is sitting too deep into the wad, you'll have to cut the top of the petals about 3/16" to make the slug stick out about 1/8 of an inch after putting a 16 ga .125 nitro card below the slug like shown on last four slugs on the right!


    *****Let me warn you the load of HS-6 is VERY VERY HOT & DO NOT USE!

    **HS-6 load most shooters stop around 32 to 33 gr with Lee 1Oz Drive Key, load your first few at 29, 29.5 & 30 gr and you check by firing them before you give it to your daughter.
    **Secondly your Fed. Hulls come with Fed. 209A magnum primers, what you needed was Fiocchi hulls with regular primers never mind next time buy Fiocchi Brown hulls on special at $8.99
    You did not need the roll crimper instead use fold crimp, see if you can cancell by calling Eric at BPI.
    If your shotgun is a smooth bore then do this test first:

    The powder will start seeping past the OP wad like this:

    all you need to do is take a 1 inch square piece of paper and put it on top of the powder followed by the wad and slug.

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    Boolit Bub
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    Thanks for the very informative post VDO

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check