Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forum, but have been in touch with a few members already. I've mainly been a rifleman my whole life, but recently have made the jump to shotguns and reloading for them. And that is the basis for my next question:
I have a SxS slug gun that I am looking to fire a .735 round ball, as well as a "tri-ball" load similar to the dixie loads, but instead I will be using 3 .570 muzzleloading balls. And it is this tri-ball load that I start to have issues.
Apparently in the city I am in, I can't buy 3" empty hulls; I can only use new stuff that I fire off myself. So my plan is to take some winchester xpert 3" steel shot shells, dump all the contents out, and "reload" the empy shells with my own tri-ball load. But that being said, I don't want to kill myself either. So here is my load "recipe", but bear in mind I'm a rookie shotgun reloader, so I don't know what works or what doesn't:
-Winchester 3" xpert HV hull
-Primer is whatever is loaded in the HV hull.
-28 grains blue dot (for starting load; may go higher eventually)
-"Sam 1" steel shot wad for 3" hull
-3 .570 lead round balls seated in shot cup
-cotton balls used as filler around the .570 balls to stop them from rattling around
-cardboard cover whiteglued to the top of the hull to act as a cover (I don't have a crimper)
Anyways, just wanted to run this past everyone here, and get some input regarding if this load will kill me or not, or what problems I will run in to. Thanks very much -Cameron