.36 000 buckshot

[David454]

I just got a hopkins and allen .36 caliber underhammer. I read on bluegrouse that you can use OOO buck. Which is supposed to be .360 diameter. My problem is hornaday shows there 000 buck as .350. Has anyone used hornaday buck. Should I look for a differant brand.

 

[bpollock_sr]

The .350 buck shot is what you should use. The thickness of your greased patch patch will make up the rest.

 

[Dave K]

I have found Hornady buck shot to be more consistant than other brands. Use the Hornady.

 

[kentucky bucky]

I just got a hopkins and allen .36 caliber underhammer. I read on bluegrouse that you can use OOO buck. Which is supposed to be .360 diameter. My problem is hornaday shows there 000 buck as .350. Has anyone used hornaday buck. Should I look for a differant brand.

The Hornadys(000)are .350 and shoot well. They are also alot cheaper than the .350 Hornady RB's. I wonder why? They seem to be the same thing.

 

[Nightwind]

The 000 buckshot are sold in bulk (around 600 I believe). The 350's are sold in lots of 100. It's all in the packaging I guess. I use the bulk 350's and do very well with them in the 36 cal. pistols. I even buy the bulk 320's for the 32 cal. rifle.

 

[David454]

Hornaday's it is then. Thanks for the replys.

 

[hentird]

Hornady buckshot is a harder ball than the round balls sold in 100 packs. The mix of lead and tin? make the buckshot harder. I dumped some of both in my pouch and couldn't keep a group.Because of the different composition they shot differently,point of impact varied. Their weight is also different by a few grains.Pure lead balls hit in a different spot than the buckshot but both were consistent depending which you shot.I was shooting them out of a Colerain barrel.That was my experiance.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

Hornady's buck is amazingly consistent in weight, more so than their soft lead swaged balls. But it is a harder alloy and may or may not shoot as well as pure lead, I haven't shot my new .36 GM barrel enough to say. It's been too windy here for any real accuracy testing.
I also got some "0" buck for the wife's .32 but again I haven't shot it enough to comment on accuracy. Hornady's buckshot looks like ball bearings, very smooth and shiny, without the little dents and dimples typical of swaged lead round balls.

 

[CrackStock]

I am not sure of your barrel, but if it is a Green Mountain, it will like the 000/.350s from Hornady. They might seem a bit harder then the ball that I cast myself, but they work.

Adjust your charge and patch until you get these sorted out and then

Fire for effect!

CS

 

[Slamfire]

My .36 is the old Numrich make and has a .350 bore, so I've been usin' the 00 Buck which is .330, with an .018" patch. I'm not very impressed and will have to find some thicker material.

 

[Runner]

I buy the 000 buck in the five pound boxes for my 36. It shoots every bit as well or better than the roundball boxed in 100 at a time. At 50 yards, they both splatter the same on steel plate. I am on my second box so that should give you some idea of how well they shoot. I head shoot squirrels with them at the limits that I can see to make that kind of shot with no problems. I took second place in the spring meat shoot with them last year.

 

[CrackStock]

Runner,

If you test them, say drop them onto the same surface from the same height, you will see a measurable difference. You will find that they are harder. However, the targets do not seem to know that difference as these seem to shoot very well. The softness of the lead seems to be relevant in larger calibers for some reason that escapes me. I do not know why -- only that it is so.

CS