Daryl_S and Guys,
All of this wonderful talk is making me want a double smoothie...something like a 20 ga so the other family can shoot it too. I'll check around to see what I find. I was given some brass so would try my hand at reloading them. I reload now, so will pay close attention to the advice on shotgun shells. I now understand from your writings that a ball would be the best projectile to use, and will pick up a good shotgun reloading book and read the posting to work up some loads. I only plan on shooting larger hogs at a friend ranch in Texas, so the 20 should be plenty good for that. Do you have to work up loads like you do for regulating a DR? MY 45-70 DR that I bought a month ago shoots fine so far with factory 405 grains, so I am not worried about that gun. I'll take any adice you care to offer.
Thank all!!
TC