Cheap 36 cal. balls

Hello all, I know we have talked about this before but it came up again at the shop and just wanted to let any greenhorns in on a good thing, If you shoot a 36 don't pay the price for 100 round balls, go to your local gun shop and have them order you 5 pounds of 000 buck, they are .35 plus your .10 patch and there you go 36 cal. it should cost about $15
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Hope this saves you a few bucks.
TheGunCellar

 

[Slamfire]

Ok, I knew that, but my .36 is really a .35, and the 000 buck don't go down the barrel too easy with an 0.010 patch.

 

[Many Klatch]

You might want to check out 00 buckshot then, it is a little smaller.

Many Klatch

 

[Ohioan]

Wonder if something like that would work down a .32?

My father owns a .36, I'll have to let him know about that.

 

[boar]

My buddy shot them in his TC Cherokee.32. Now his wern"t real smooth on the outside surface, but they shot ok. Dilly

 

[silverfox]

You might check on the manufacture of your buckshot Different makers make different size buckshot not all 000 is the same size. It could be anywhere from .34 to .36 and still be called 000. The same would apply to the other sizes as well.
Fox :hatsoff:

 

[paulvallandigham]

For the information, " O " buckshot is nominally .32 caliber. "00" buckshot is nominally .33 caliber. "000" buckshot is nominally .36 caliber, but the 000 buckshot I bought from Hornady is actually .35 caliber. No. 1 Buck is .30", No. 3 buck is .25", and No. 4 Buck is .24". I am assuming that if you could find it, #2 buck would be .27 ".

These buckshot sizes make cheap ammo for small caliber rifles, and pistols, as well as serve well where buckshot can be legally used in hunting game with a smoothbore. The weight of these balls, however, is the limiting factor in the range they can be used. The .36 caliber is about 60 grains, but the .32 is down to 40 grains, the same weight as the bullet in a .22 long rifle. The #4 buck weighes in the teens, and might be effective shooting rats, and 13 stripe squirrels, at 10 feet, or so, but not much further than that. Use in a shotgun, however, so that the load is throwing a number of these smaller balls, they become lethal out to 30 yds or so. I would not worry about the effectiveness of #4 buck as a home defense load. I would worry about over penetration and danger to innocent neighbors and bystanders. That is why I use light trap loads in my shotguns for home defense, using #8 shot. (.09"). A one ounce load at the short ranges inside a house, is more than adequate to stop any intruder, without worrying about hurting someone across the street, too.

If you happen to also shoot cartridge guns, these small balls can allow you to work up " squib " loads for the guns shooting only these round balls, pressed into the mouth of the casing, with a few grains of Unique to push them out the barrel. These are subsonic loads, that allow you to practice a lot with a rifle, for only the cost of the primers, a little powder, and the cheap ball. Out to 25 yards, you should be able to find a load accurate enough to use to shoot squirrels. That extra hunting time with the gun before deer season can make you much more confident in how he gun mounts and shoots. Then you can go hunting with your ML rifle in ML season, too.

 

[Shifty]

I have been trying Hornady(0) buck in my Crocket .32 they are supposed to be .320, I needed a bigger ball because the .315 and a .019 denim patch was doing great,but I wanted to be able to use the same ticking material I use for my .58 and my .54 cal guns .The (0) with my ticking material does good for a few shots then you get flier, some times 3-5 flieres in a row.So I started weighing them there is large variation in weight, so now I am in the process of weighing and sorting 5lbs. of buckshot is it worth the trouble , maybe.