20 guage load question

[billy mims]

If your barrel is on the larger size wouldn't you want an 11 gauge wad?

 

[whitetaildg]

Thanks ,, Paul

 

[billy mims]

Did you see the results I posted on the T/C.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Oops. Thanks for catching my TYPO.Here I thought I was helping out, and then I didn't even catch my own. That is what friends are for, I guess. Thanks again for catching it. You are correct. You would order an 11 gauge wad if your 12 ga. bore was orversized. And, I might add, that is not likely to be as unusual these days as it may have been 20 years ago.

Many of the modern gun companies are ordering barrels that are oversized- up to 10 gauge- and the same barrel makers are selling barrel stock to muzzle loading gun makers. We are almost too small an industry as a whole for manufacturers to offer slight differences in bore diameters for one sport or another. And, if they aren't shooters, they really don't care enough to do quality control assurances. They have a monopoly on the source of barrel stock. Keep that tapered barrel gauge that you find at Dixie, or TOTW, handy, whenever you are buying a shotgun barrel.

 

[billy mims]

I do not normally point out anyones error because I sure make enough of them myself but I saw what you had done and I thought It was funny. I have the same problem with fish hooks, the larger the number the smaller the hook. I like funny and friendly.
Billy

 

[paulvallandigham]

The last man that didn't make a mistake was hung on a cross. Leave me make my mistakes, and pray I have friends like you to catch them. Thanks again.