It seems this thread has a tendency to wander off topic ..... oh well .... lets try to bring it back ...
So far my Buck & Ball loads did not give me stellar accuracy ...
This is what I got at 50 yards/meters ....
But I am trying to develop a load where the main projectile is pretty accurate and the buckshot pattern is ... lets say decent.
So, in the spirit of experimentation ... I have loaded three new buck & ball loads. Actually they are not "buck & ball" loads but they are "Slug & Buck" loads. I cut apart some commercial shells and in order to recover the slugs and components ... and to reuse them in my slug & buck loads ... and just as an experiment. I am basing this experiment on slugs that gave me good or decent accuracy out of my 870 Police ....
From left to right:
1.) Remington 12ga 7/8oz slug with 21 pellets of #4 buck
2.) Federal TruBall 1oz slug (with most of the wad base cut off) and with 8 pellets of #1 buck
3.) Sellier & Bellot 1oz slug with 8 pellets of #1 buck
Now, I will probably not be able to shoot those till the spring ... but once I shoot them I will report back here with how they performed ...
I have a feeling this will be a loooooong winter ..... ohhh well ....