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Thread: Loading .350" RB as buckshot

  1. 06-07-2014, 10:57 AM #1
    jimwill48
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    Loading .350" RB as buckshot

    Was bored yesterday and was looking at this big bag of cast .350 dia Round Balls I had casted for one of my muzzleoaders and thought why not. 6 of them plus the wad weighed right at 1 oz. And I thought weight is weight 1oz of shot or 1oz of RB's are the same weight. So loaded up several with this load: Cheddite Hulls & primer, Claybuster 12S0 wad and 19.0gr of Red Dot. The RB stacked 2 to a layer and 6 point star crimp came out perfect.

    At 25 yards these threw a approx. 12" pattern with all balls on paper. Interestingly these would display two distinct groups on paper 3 balls would cluster together and about 10 inches from them the other 3 balls would cluster. One group about 6 inches higher than the other. These were shot from a Moss. 500 w/18" cyl. bore.....
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  2. 06-07-2014, 12:47 PM #2
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    lot of punch in those big pellets. I loaded up six pellet .375 balls pretty hot last year and got good results.
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  3. 06-07-2014, 04:38 PM #3
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    I have a bunch of .350" balls for my Pennsylvania rifle . I might see how they do in one of the 10 gauge guns after the range is reopened !
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    Shoot I was thinking these were larger then 000 Buck and they aren't

    I did 000 last year in one of the 10 gauge doubles with very satisfying results . I can get 8 of them to fit rather well inside a Remington SP-10 wad . And a couple weeks ago I tried the same thing with 5 scoops of buffer from a 32 ACP case . The buffered load tightened up a bit in my circa 1890 LC Smith Quality 2 10 gauge .
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  5. 06-07-2014, 04:43 PM #5
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    BPI is saying 000 is .360" .
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  6. 06-07-2014, 04:52 PM #6
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    Like Capt. Barbosa said these are merely guidelines
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  7. 06-10-2014, 01:10 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmortimer View Post
    Like Capt. Barbosa said these are merely guidelines
    How true!

    For example: Looking back at my notes, the pellets loaded in Federal Premium 12 gauge 000B averaged .346" in diameter.
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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