deerslayer303
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I found this in my search for the end of youtube, whattaya think? Maybe get some .690 roundballs and have a cheap smooth bore. 
http://youtu.be/ES59LtA7XE8
http://youtu.be/ES59LtA7XE8
Single Barrel Shotgun / Muzzleloader
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Seems a lot of trouble the way he's doing it. Best not to cut the plastic off the hulls, and just load the hulls with the powder, wads, and shot. Do several and carry them. Not a muzzleloader, but much more practical since he can use the same tools to load them up with. And you don't end up pointing a primed gun at your hands while loading it from the muzzle. Plastic will only last a couple of shots though, so if you don't have many, you could revert to his method I guess.
Second thought, those H&R shotguns are usually choked, and wouldn't handle round ball very well, if at all. Find a cylinder bore and you may be able to use patched round ball. I have a topper model like his, but mine is 20 gauge with mod. choke. I have re-used spent shells and loaded them with BP.
Second thought, those H&R shotguns are usually choked, and wouldn't handle round ball very well, if at all. Find a cylinder bore and you may be able to use patched round ball. I have a topper model like his, but mine is 20 gauge with mod. choke. I have re-used spent shells and loaded them with BP.
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Andy Griffith
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That's a whole lot of trouble.
I think I'll stick to brass hulls.
I think I'll stick to brass hulls.
You gotta really hate breach loading in order to go through all that trouble to load through the muzzle.
He could have saved himself a whole lot of trouble by just leaving the hull intact and putting that load into the shotgun shell and then putting it in the shotgun to shoot it.
If you want pretty, buy some real cardboard and fiber wads and a roll crimping tool.
I have broken a lot of trap birds with 80 grains FFg, a nitro card + 1/2 inch fiber wad, 1 1/8 ounce shot, and a star crimp loaded into the plastic cases that everybody throws away.
I save my AA and STS hulls for my smokeless reloading.
You can reload shotshells with primitive improvised tools, you are simply "muzzle loading" an empty shell. A shotshell closed with a overshot card will function just fine in a single shot.
He could have saved himself a whole lot of trouble by just leaving the hull intact and putting that load into the shotgun shell and then putting it in the shotgun to shoot it.
If you want pretty, buy some real cardboard and fiber wads and a roll crimping tool.
I have broken a lot of trap birds with 80 grains FFg, a nitro card + 1/2 inch fiber wad, 1 1/8 ounce shot, and a star crimp loaded into the plastic cases that everybody throws away.
I save my AA and STS hulls for my smokeless reloading.
You can reload shotshells with primitive improvised tools, you are simply "muzzle loading" an empty shell. A shotshell closed with a overshot card will function just fine in a single shot.
Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Shotgun format to another shotgun format. Falls into this category for me: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention." --I'm casting my vote: Yep!! I'm with you fellows!!
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