I ended up picking up a 10 gauge 600jr for cheap.. Cant find any published recipes for a 1 1/8 oz target loads on any of my go to sites. Would like to shoot the beast for skeet every once in a while. I haven't bought any shells yet or even a gun. So I am open to just about anything.
10 gauge target loads
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You must have a lot of 10ga hulls to waste. Not to mention most clubs will not allow you on a skeet field with a 10ga
Wait now I just noticed you have never reloaded the 10ga yet. That will take care of your skeet question once you price and see how hard components are to find for them especially hulls
I pay 50 cents each for good 10ga hulls when I can find them, 5 cents for 12ga or free.
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Why again I ask but hey it is your money. Believe me once you start reloading 10ga in any volumes those hulls will be gold to you and you will not want to burn them up shooting skeet for no benefit
IMO Cool is running 100 with a 410 not a 10ga
Any how to each their own and I have never seen target load recipies for a 10 ga but never looked either. Been reloading the 10 since about 93 and shotgun since 65
Only 10ga I have ever seen at a club was when lead was banned in 92 the boys shot off all their extra lead rounds so they could have the hulls to reload with steel
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Brooksy I have and shoot 3 ten guage guns. A Browning pump a Browning Auto in 3 1/2 inch and an old double in 2 7/8 in. All are great for pounding big geese at extended ranges. They are NOT target guns. The Brownings are both over 9 lbs unloaded. Most handloads for the 10 ga start with about 1 1/2 oz of shot and go up to about 2 1/4 oz depending on what shot you are using. 10 ga components are expensive compared to 12 ga. You would be better off re-selling that 10 ga loader to someone who already has a 10 ga gun. Matter of fact I know someone who is looking for a 10 ga loader. Send me a PM and I will try to put you in contact with him..
Brooksy, I know where you're coming from. I normally get a gun( maybe a ten, who knows?) and then I've got to buy or make some ammo for it and try it out, just because I can and to see what it's like. I can understand doing this in reverse, aquiring oddball ammo or reloading components and using them as intended. It's a shotgun, it's designed to shoot small moving targets, and if your range will allow casual practice with a non official guage go for it, it's a hoot! I would suggest however that a ten as a heavier, usually tighter choked gun , is more suited to trap than skeet.
There is some 2 7/8" data in " Reloading For Shotgunners" fifth edition that will be helpful, these go down to 1 1/4 oz of shot, about the lightest practical payload. As previously mentioned, about the only source of hulls now is to cut down 3 1/2" empties and those are scarce on this side of the US border. Sometimes you can find part boxes of old paper hulled Canuck or Maxum at a reasonable price at a gun show, shoot them on the range and then reload, if in good shape they can be used a few times. Just wath for swollen or bulged cartridges from poor storage, they won't chamber. If you can source the empties try to find some Remington SP10 wads and you should be able to find data. A load that I have used successfully for years in my vintage 1881 Westley Richards in old Canuck or cut down modern 3 1/2" hulls is 33 gr of 4756 with W209 primer, Rem SP10 wad, 1 1/4 oz shot, roll crimp. Not recommending this to anyone else but it works great for me. Have fun. Jim
There is some 2 7/8" data in " Reloading For Shotgunners" fifth edition that will be helpful, these go down to 1 1/4 oz of shot, about the lightest practical payload. As previously mentioned, about the only source of hulls now is to cut down 3 1/2" empties and those are scarce on this side of the US border. Sometimes you can find part boxes of old paper hulled Canuck or Maxum at a reasonable price at a gun show, shoot them on the range and then reload, if in good shape they can be used a few times. Just wath for swollen or bulged cartridges from poor storage, they won't chamber. If you can source the empties try to find some Remington SP10 wads and you should be able to find data. A load that I have used successfully for years in my vintage 1881 Westley Richards in old Canuck or cut down modern 3 1/2" hulls is 33 gr of 4756 with W209 primer, Rem SP10 wad, 1 1/4 oz shot, roll crimp. Not recommending this to anyone else but it works great for me. Have fun. Jim
You are taking me back in time. I don't think they make 4756 anymore. Do they ???
We used it many years ago in our heavy hunting loads all over 1 1/4. It was never recommended for a payload less than 1 1/4 if I remember correctly
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Just found this. Funny what one remembers
4756 is a powder that is designed for heavy payloads, for 1 1/4 oz. or heavier. It is a progressive burning powder that develops low chamber pressures. 1 1/8 oz. doesn't provide enough 'back pressure" or "setback" to enable the powder to develop enough chamber pressure to perform efficiently. 4756 just isn't designed for standard 1 1/8 oz. loads.
You can have my empty hulls. I'll never get around to reloading and I have several flats of shells. Remington and federal mostly. I got 50 or 60 hulls sitting under my bench now. Went straight from the chambers to my pocket never got wet
