Rifled 20 Gauge?

[Good Cheer]

Just curious, anyone shooting black in a rifled 20 gauge?
Brass shells?
Round ball?
Collar buttons?
Minies?

[martinibelgian]

I do know of someone havinga rifles 24 gauge - brass shells and collar buttons.

[curator]

I alternate experimental loadings for my .577 Snider and my rifled 20 Gauge Handi-rifle. With its 3" chamber the 20 gauge is more of a challenge to find loads that shoot accurately but don't recoil brutally. Using all brass shells and .662 round balls sized to .625, I have gotten reasonable accuracy with 70 grains of Olde Eyensford 1.5Fg. I have given up on trying to get the Lyman 20 gauge slug to shoot in the rifled 20 gauge but it shows promise in my Snider.

[Good Cheer]

Wow. Too bad there are no .62 minies off the shelf!