deerslayer303
New member
Hey Ya'll,
I've loaded and shot many no. 6, no. 8, and BB black powder shells. But I wanna try and load up some OOOO (.375") Buckshot. I already have the buckshot er. roundballs as that is the size I fire out of my Repro Cap and Ball Revolvers. If I did my math right. If I square loaded this OOOO Buckshot that is 6 balls and 83 grains of Black powder to get a square load. I would really like to try an 8 pellet load over a healthy charge of about 90. But I'm thinking of starting with the 80 grain load. My column would look like this. Charge, over powder card, 1/4" hard felt wad (by stacking two 1/8" punched felt wads), 6 pellets, Corn meal for buffer, another 1/8" felt wad, over shot Card, and a Roll Crimp. These round ball ARE soft lead as I said I shoot them from my Colt Repro. I've searched the interweb and there isnt much mention of B.P. Buckshot shot shells.
Thoughts?
I've loaded and shot many no. 6, no. 8, and BB black powder shells. But I wanna try and load up some OOOO (.375") Buckshot. I already have the buckshot er. roundballs as that is the size I fire out of my Repro Cap and Ball Revolvers. If I did my math right. If I square loaded this OOOO Buckshot that is 6 balls and 83 grains of Black powder to get a square load. I would really like to try an 8 pellet load over a healthy charge of about 90. But I'm thinking of starting with the 80 grain load. My column would look like this. Charge, over powder card, 1/4" hard felt wad (by stacking two 1/8" punched felt wads), 6 pellets, Corn meal for buffer, another 1/8" felt wad, over shot Card, and a Roll Crimp. These round ball ARE soft lead as I said I shoot them from my Colt Repro. I've searched the interweb and there isnt much mention of B.P. Buckshot shot shells.
Thoughts?