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1/2” fiber wads from Circle Fly. 24 gauge

I’ll be continuing to work on this so I can get as tight as patterns as yours!

Just FYI, I’m going to be sitting down and doing some data analysis (aka a lot of counting) with the % of BB’s to strike the target and % of BB’s to hit a centered circle to see where the focus of shot is per load. Buckle up

Yes. Powder, meal, cards, shot, wad. Results weren’t great. I’m going to sit down and do some analysis on this to be sure, but upon initial glance it seems using a lubed wad as a buffer from powder to shot vs corn meal produced better results. Interestingly enough, it’s the inverse for a...

Some interesting analysis… Shot consistently patterned low and to the right (remember, the target is flipped around). May be a ‘aim at head’ vs ‘aim at neck’ situation.

The first two I used overshot cards. It was all I had in my shooting bag. Even though home was only 3 miles of gravel away, I couldn’t bring myself to leave and go grab them real quick. I feared with the balmy 15° weather I may smarten up and just stay at home 😬

Standard grade maple 👀

A lot of these load combinations were so similar to the next, the only one I repeated was the best pattern to make sure it wasn’t a fluke. I’d probably still be out there shooting if attempted multiple shots of the same loads. I’m sure there might be some loads that would have a better ‘averaged...

It’s an awful lot, but like I said I haven’t had many opportunities to get out and gobbler season is around the corner. I hadn’t thought about penetration. I had some 1.5”x2” stakes holding up my cardboard. BB’s obviously went through the cardboard. They only penetrated about an 1/8” into the...

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/shot-patterns.160172/#post-2297040 Here was today’s report. Cornmeal helped tremendously with PRB’s. I can’t say there was much more positive with shot loads. Lubed wads performed just as good, if not better

Oh my…

#10 is clearly the best. There are some suitors behind it that would make solid loads as well. For reference, 210 bb’s hit the 14x14 area which means 82% of the load was focused on target.

I haven’t had many free days to blow smoke. I compiled a list of combinations to try and told the wife “see you after lunch”

Here are some more reference photos with a turkey decoy. Same loads, 25 yds and then 35 yds

8. 60 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.75 oz shot cup, NO WAD ON TOP. Just tamped well. 9. 80 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.75 oz shot cup, lubed wad 10. 80 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.75 shot, lubed wad 11. 60 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.75 shot, lubed wad 12. 80 gr FFF, lubed wad, 2 oz shot, lubed wad 13. 60 gr FFF, lubed wad...

5. 80 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.5 oz shot cup, lubed wad 6. 80 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.75 oz shot cup, lubed wad 7. 60 gr FFF, lubed wad, 1.5 oz shot cup, lubed wad Notice there is only one picture. I got identical results with slugging. I’m not sure if I didn’t cut the excess paper off enough? It was...

80 gr FFF, 80 gr cornmeal, 2 overshot cards, 1.5 oz shot, lubed wad 80 gr FFF, 40 grain cornmeal, 2 overshot cards, 1.5 oz shot, lubed wad 60 gr FFF, 40 gr cornmeal, lubed wad, 1.5 oz shot, lubed wad 60 gr FFF, 40 gr cornmeal, lubed wad, 1.75 oz shot, lubed wad

RANGE REPORT!!! I have a lot of photos I’ll share as this is something I wish I saw on here more often (just for comparison purposes). Because of the amount of photos, I’ll divide them up in three groups and list the loads I worked up. First, for some clarity: A. This is a Kibler Colonial...

I like using prescription bottles. They seem to be waterproof and hold the amount of shot, powder and cornmeal I use. My clarification in my text to some friends, I’m sure, seemed suspicious when asking them if they had any spare containers lol

A 5 lb bag will run you $250 to get it shipped to your door