Imperial SSG 0 Buck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greener (1910 Edition reprint) lists two British standards and ten American ones.

The first British one is for Walker, Parker, Ltd., which lists SSG as 15 pellets to the ounce. Given a density for pure lead of .4096 lb/in3, this works out to a diameter of .269". This entry (along with SG and SSSG) is asterisked and footnoted as one of the "Walker, Parker, & Co. London Sizes"

The other British one is for the Abbey Improved Shot Co., which lists SSG as 11 pellets to the ounce. This works out to a diameter of .298", which would correspond to Special SG from the third link I found.

One of the "American" standards is that of the Montreal Rolling Mill Company, which gives SSG as .32" diameter, or 10 per ounce. This one seems to explain the Imperial 0 buck/SSG labeling. None of the other American standards lists sizes any size bigger than 22 to the ounce.

At this point, I think that .27" is the correct diameter for SSG using whatever UK standard is in common use now and that Imperial used a different standard from it.
 
We used to use the Imperial SSG as duty loads. They were fantastic - much better than the low recoil junk we are using now. As someone else stated, don't waste that stuff as it cannot be replaced.
 
So is SSG prohibited ammo?


What are the legalities of owning/possessing it? I can't find any reliable information on it. If it is prohibited, why is it classified that way?

Just wondering
 
c0ntract said:
So is SSG prohibited ammo?


What are the legalities of owning/possessing it? I can't find any reliable information on it. If it is prohibited, why is it classified that way?

Just wondering
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Back in the lead shot days for ducks/ geese and the days when we could not use any buckshot for other game it was prohibited in nova scotia for sure.
Now we can use buckshot for coyotes so I would say it is fine for that but still under .24 diameter so prohibited for deer.
You cannot find info because it is a english labeling and now we see mostly american labeling like no. 1 or no2 buckshot. If you want to be 100% sure I would call the dnr.
 
3macs1 said:
Back in the lead shot days for ducks/ geese and the days when we could not use any buckshot for other game it was prohibited in nova scotia for sure.
Now we can use buckshot for coyotes so I would say it is fine for that but still under .24 diameter so prohibited for deer.
You cannot find info because it is a english labeling and now we see mostly american labeling like no. 1 or no2 buckshot. If you want to be 100% sure I would call the dnr.
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Cool thanks for the response!
 
Well, Today the SSG gods were good to me...

This was at the range for 40$

5 rounds of SSG Magnum only in the lot... 25 rounds of #5 plastick S&B ( what ever that is ) ... tons more SSG :) , 13 slugs, a buch of buckshot...

Should I shoot it or Keep iT ??? whitch ones are better ???



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This thread is of interest to me.

I recently picked up 14 boxes of IVI Imperial 12 Ga, 2 3/4" 0 Buck/12 Pellet.

Mid green box with the black label. English/French.

Purple plastic shell with SSG on it.

Can somebody date this stuff for me?
 
When I worked at CIL I used to test shotgun ammo - by the pallet load. Two of us would shoot. One would fire a pump from the hip, holding it port up and the the other would drop rounds into the open port. I guess we fired about 50 rounds a minute that way.

We would fire at a empty shell on the floor, directing it down range and into a goal.

Don't ever get into a shooting from the hip contest with me.

The range was a 40 yards, ten foot square tunnel. Can you say "NOISY!!"

A few thousand slugs or SSG made us punchy.

Whenever a new plastic or wad or crimp or powder or primer was introduced, we would have to fire a few thousand of them through just one gun to see if there was any problems. Then we would test them in our shotgun library (one of every gun known) to see if there were any problems.

Sometimes I had to load all the ammo first, then test it.
 
c0ntract said:
So is SSG prohibited ammo?


What are the legalities of owning/possessing it? I can't find any reliable information on it. If it is prohibited, why is it classified that way?

Just wondering
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You really should brush up on your NS hunting regulations friend. Yes for many years in NS, SSG was a no-no in the woods. Not illegal to possess at home or at the range.
Buckshot has been legal for hunting big game for about two years now in your maritime province. Not sure of the size limitations though.
Came along with a shift in the blaze orange, and IIRC blaze camoflage pattern, much like that has been legit in Ontario for many years now, is also good to go in NS forests for hunters during the big game season.
Hnatiuks Hunting Store stocks tons of buckshot now, including 10 gauge 000 buckshot.

read your regs
 
3macs1 said:
Back in the lead shot days for ducks/ geese and the days when we could not use any buckshot for other game it was prohibited in nova scotia for sure.
Now we can use buckshot for coyotes so I would say it is fine for that but still under .24 diameter so prohibited for deer.
You cannot find info because it is a english labeling and now we see mostly american labeling like no. 1 or no2 buckshot. If you want to be 100% sure I would call the dnr.
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until the last few years, the BC regs said "SG or larger" now they say "No 1 Buck" i think going from memory.
 
Ganderite said:
When I worked at CIL I used to test shotgun ammo - by the pallet load. Two of us would shoot. One would fire a pump from the hip, holding it port up and the the other would drop rounds into the open port. I guess we fired about 50 rounds a minute that way.

We would fire at a empty shell on the floor, directing it down range and into a goal.

Don't ever get into a shooting from the hip contest with me.

The range was a 40 yards, ten foot square tunnel. Can you say "NOISY!!"

A few thousand slugs or SSG made us punchy.

Whenever a new plastic or wad or crimp or powder or primer was introduced, we would have to fire a few thousand of them through just one gun to see if there was any problems. Then we would test them in our shotgun library (one of every gun known) to see if there were any problems.

Sometimes I had to load all the ammo first, then test it.
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Priceless experience. Thanks for sharing.:cheers:
 
With the french on the boxs it has to be later made ammo.I have boxs of that here with no french on it and it was bought after 1975 or 76 and most likely int othe 80s even.
 
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