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DarylS
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Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun
21/05/19 09:50 AM

2oz should be an almost "square" load - isn't it?
That sounds about perfect to me.

I had a friend, now gone, who used a 6 bore SxS percussion ball and shot gun for the trap portion of the turkey shoots he attended. This SxS had 36" tubes and weighed about 12 to 13 pounds. Once started, you couldn't stop your swing if you wanted to.

He'd sent the gun to H&H, for "re-furbishing" and they returned it, in lovely shape, as a 5 bore - the bores gleamed brand new.
Wil punched out his own wads - donna-conna and cork & heavy card stock.
He used only 2 to 2 1/2oz of 8's and just pulverized the birds. I think, maybe 5 drams 1F.

I found this on 8 bore loading.

"The Dixie Gunworks catalog has a lot of data on the old guns in the back. 270 grains (9 7/8 drams) is the Defintive PROOF load. The Provisional Proof is 394 grains (17 1/2 drams). No wonder they fired them by remote control in an amoured room.

The Service load is 135 grains (4 15/16 drams) and a 763 grain ball or 1 13/16 ounces of shot. Wonder why they cut it to the 16th ounce on the bigger gauges when they didn't on the smaller ones?"

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	18/05/19 01:12 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	18/05/19 02:11 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	lancaster	18/05/19 05:12 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	18/05/19 05:55 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	18/05/19 07:23 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	18/05/19 08:44 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	18/05/19 01:22 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	lancaster	18/05/19 01:58 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	20/05/19 12:29 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	20/05/19 01:14 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Sarg	20/05/19 05:31 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	NitroX	20/05/19 01:20 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	cadet	21/05/19 08:40 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	21/05/19 09:50 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	cadet	21/05/19 11:12 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	21/05/19 10:38 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	3DogMike	21/05/19 11:20 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	22/05/19 01:14 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	22/05/19 02:15 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	theprof1	07/07/19 04:37 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	10/07/19 08:52 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	lancaster	22/05/19 03:56 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	22/05/19 05:17 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	22/05/19 10:16 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	22/05/19 10:35 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	23/05/19 09:43 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Sarg	24/05/19 03:36 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	25/05/19 12:33 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	29/05/19 08:36 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	30/05/19 12:43 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	30/05/19 08:02 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	31/05/19 02:52 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	rigbymauser	31/05/19 05:19 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Sarg	31/05/19 06:33 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	23/05/19 12:08 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	23/05/19 01:36 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	23/05/19 10:03 PM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	DarylS	24/05/19 01:51 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	22/05/19 11:25 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	23/05/19 06:28 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	bigboar	22/05/19 05:10 AM
Re: Help loading an 8 bore shotgun	Wayne59	20/05/19 07:06 AM

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