I am hopeing one of the shotshell reloading gurus will help me out here.
Firstly the calmer...I always stick to the reloading manuals and follow the load data. (till now)
I have a 5th Edition Lyman Shotshell reloading handbook that I use for all my shotshell reloading data. I tried to reload #000 buckshot with the recomended 30grs -800X
fed 209A prmr
WAA12R wad
9 pellets #000 buck
No matter how you stack them there is no way to fit 9 pellets into the hull. so I only put 7 pellets in. Worked fine , patterned well ...I'll stick with it unless someone has another "receipe" to try.
BUT
This being said, I have: 2000+ Federal fiber wads .25" thick ring waxed
2000+ Federal card wads .080" thick
2000+ Federal card wads .045" thick
The Lyman #5 has nothing using the above components.
I would like to use the above to reload #00 or #000 buckshot.
THE QUESTION
does anyone have any data using fiber wads. OR does anyone know if the pressure would change dramatically by changing wads.
Please enlighten me on the acceptable data modifications that will not endanger anyone or anything.
The thing that gets me is, these are modern components in modern packaging so why is it so hard to find any data for them.
thanks, Hitch
Firstly the calmer...I always stick to the reloading manuals and follow the load data. (till now)
I have a 5th Edition Lyman Shotshell reloading handbook that I use for all my shotshell reloading data. I tried to reload #000 buckshot with the recomended 30grs -800X
fed 209A prmr
WAA12R wad
9 pellets #000 buck
No matter how you stack them there is no way to fit 9 pellets into the hull. so I only put 7 pellets in. Worked fine , patterned well ...I'll stick with it unless someone has another "receipe" to try.
BUT
This being said, I have: 2000+ Federal fiber wads .25" thick ring waxed
2000+ Federal card wads .080" thick
2000+ Federal card wads .045" thick
The Lyman #5 has nothing using the above components.
I would like to use the above to reload #00 or #000 buckshot.
THE QUESTION
does anyone have any data using fiber wads. OR does anyone know if the pressure would change dramatically by changing wads.
Please enlighten me on the acceptable data modifications that will not endanger anyone or anything.
The thing that gets me is, these are modern components in modern packaging so why is it so hard to find any data for them.
thanks, Hitch