DarylS
(.700 member)
21/05/24 01:13 AM
Re: Shooting Black powder shot shells

Yes some, in cylinder bored English SxS with 2.5" chambers.
My load was 75gr. 1F GOEX then 1/2" chusion, then 1 1/4oz. 7 1/2's, then "B" wad and roll crimped.
Broke 10 straight with that load. If using larger shot I would call it a 30yd. grouse load.
Further, I recall playing with BP loads back in the 70's and 80's in a couple choked guns. These seemed to shoot 1 choke tighter with BP than their designated choke.
In these I used the designated loads as printed on boxes of factory loads, ie:
3 to 4 drams of powder and standard ead columns. Using plastic wads resulted in coating the bores with plastic.
1 dram = 27.3gr.powder



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