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I drip range scrap, and even that is testy and requires I babysit the setup. Near pure would be a headache and a half.

In addition - a load of super soft shot getting thwapped at 10,000 PSI is...

The third magic trick of powdercoating is the slight increase in size. And because of the importance of the fit within a wad, being able to adjust the size with powdercoat can be helpful.

Also,...

Tin seemed to contribute to fairly rapid internal clogging of the drippers.

In addition the the hole diameter, the speed of flow through the dripper greatly affects the shot size. So a low level...

That's the way!

Too bad we can't kill them with a leg shot and keep those tasty hearts intact though...

Oh man, there is a blast from the past for sure!

I sold most of my initial cheap collection and ammunition to purchase a 6" Les Baer 45. That one is sticking around as long as I can stand.

The other is a S&W Highway Patrolman 357 that a distant...

My personal method is a piece of 3/4" steel stock with a taper chucked up in the lathe. I hit the end with a heat gun to soften the plastic, and use a bearing to squish out the folds on the spinning...

I was only visiting a few times, but those deer looked worse for the wear this spring - and those were the ones in the heart of the ag areas! I wouldn't be surprised if the woods are going to be...

I've found it to be web-browser sensitive.

Some won't load at all.

Some load part way.

And others work just fine.

I just melted down 125lbs of soft pistol range scrap, and am due to fire up the shotmaker again, as I'm finally getting back into trap shooting.

Hopefully, my sessions might go more smoothly this...

Not to mention that all Hodgdon's straight wall hull data uses taper hull wads.

I tried 18 gr under the 4100-12 Windjammer Lightning wad with 1 1/8 shot. Stack height looked great, but in my...

As has been mentioned, fit is king! The major downside is that 12 ga barrels have SAAMI specs allowing for 0.020" of span in acceptable barrel diameters.

I personally have fairly tight barrels,...

I'll reiterate the warning about double charging this powder at magnum loadings. A double charge fills just over half the case, and leaves you with a lot less of the case after...

The Nitro Cards are the real oddity in behavior.

The gas seals, fiber wads, and felt wads are usually findable down range.

The Nitro Cards I've seen everywhere from 15 yds, to bouncing off...

Well, I finally got a few things cleared from my to-do list and was able to get back to fiddling with these slugs.

I left off trying to ensure I was getting a clean release of the glue filled slug...

I'll finally bite again on some of your offerings.

I'll take the Arsenal 453 230 WFN 5 Cavity and the 500ct of the 123gr 762x39 bullets.

Pm to follow.

Now that's some exciting news Chuck!

I too managed to try something a little new as well, though my results were far more mixed.

First, I slapped on a 3x receiver mount scope onto the ol' 870. ...

Very nicely done!

I'm impatiently waiting for our season to start so I can see how the 35 XCB boolit out of my 358 Win will perform in the 100-200 yard range.

I'm in central WI, and the only way I could make solar a financially viable proposition was to install it myself.

So 3.5 years ago I put up an 8kw ground mount system for $9k out of pocket (and...

You may want to reach out to the Oasis Shotmaker folks. Their design looks incredibly similar to the James Stewart unit, and I'd be reasonably confident the electric element should fit with little...

For 20 years, I've loaded on one type of MEC or another. I recently picked up an older Pacific 366 in 12ga, and must say I'm quite impressed.

Though the primer feed system incorporates an...

It's both awesome and awful that you went through all this effort to find things were generally similar down the line.

Did you happen to pull your card wad loads from a book, or just sort of...

Looking forward to more range reports!

I had to take a break, as I was finding that shooting these was messing with my trap shooting (same gun for both).

Regarding an earlier query - my wad...

Personally, I would only want to go with pure/very soft if you plan to run these very slow or at low pressure.

I'm running range scrap which seems a bit softer than WW, but much harder than pure....

Just a quick report from the range earlier this week.

Loaded 40 grains Blue Dot + X12X gas seal + 1/2" fiber card + 1/8" felt + 1/8" Nitro Card, and roll crimped by feel with a hand drill (the...