shotgun reloader opinions please
- Thread starter Lead hammer
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And this unmarked mix of everything under the sun, some is very likely factory, not exactly sure how to tell. Some interesting all plastic ones, one 10 gauge, 2 that look like 8 gauge, but just say industrial and something else on them. The broken box was labeled shell collection that all of these came in, some would not fit in the pail lol.
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This load is IMO a target load, not max. Because these are not in A-A hulls, but in a hull with straight sides, the reloader chose a 12S3, a Federal wad in a Federal hull. These would be a dandy blackbird round, based on condition I would shoot these. I assume the 735 means there are 735 rounds in the pail. They are pretty clean looking, probably once fired loaded, I'd pay appraise them at ten cents a round.
2nd one opened, not that similar in my opinion. Different primers too. Looks like a few bits of red dot left from pic/hull number one, so would make it slightly worse. How close does shotshell reloading have to be? Probably better than this??
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Londonshooter
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looks like home made shot.
I would not shoot them - take them apart save the shot and primer - dump the hull and powder. I opened some reloads in the past the powder came out in chunks. Not worth an accident or to have your picture used warning people the risks of shooting unfamiliar hand loads
Ya not gonna happen, I would just burn them all.
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Cut up 3 more for comparison.
recap 1st shot 368.5 gr (0.85oz) powder 18.4 gr
2nd shot 360.8 gr (0.83oz) powder 17.7 gr
3rd shot 330.6 gr (0.75oz) powder 17.7 gr
4th shot 340.8 gr (0.78oz) powder 17.8 gr
5th shot 359.6 gr (0.82oz) powder 17.8 gr
looks like a light load with maybe a 7/8 oz load instead of 1.1/8 on the paper.
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