Holding Shot in/down

[Old Ironsights]

Funky Question:

My Howda (double 12ga/9") holds Minute of Battleship at 25 feet when using roundball or slug, so I was thinking about a Buckshot load to carry as an AP/Critter load when stomping around in ML-only areas.

How would one keep the shot from coming out? I'm afraid an over-shot card seems rather frail.

My RB & Slug loads are uber-tight, so I'm not worried about them moving, but shot....

 

[Roy]

I'd give the over the shot card a go give the gun a good shake and see if it falls out. I believe Java Man was playing around with cotton balls, or you could just use a piece of a felt wad. I wanna see pics of how it patterns. :grin: What size buck will you be using?

 

[Henry]

A slice of industrial made sandwich bread :hmm:

 

[renovato]

With the recoil that thing must have, I can see your worries. Double card maybe? Or how bout making your own from vegetable fiber? It's pretty stiff and might hold up to the recoil.

 

[Russianblood]

I use an overpowder card as an overshot card in my 16 bore pistol. It's thicker and holds better than a superthin overshot card.

 

[Roy]

The recoil wasn't all that bad :winking:

 

[jim gray]

I have experimented with splitting the cushioned wad in half and using half of it as a cushioned wad and ramming the other half on top of the shot load. That worked well enough, but I think that for your purpose the overshot wad would work fine.

 

[Slamfire]

You don't need accuracy. You wait until the tiger is climbing into the howda, then you put the barrel between his eyes and shoot. :rotf:
Actually over shot cards work pretty good, you may want to use an 11 gauge card to be sure it has plenty of friction. :v

 

[Old Ironsights]

The recoil wasn't all that bad :winking:

IIRC You didn't shoot it with 50gr powder & 1-1/4 oz slugs... :blah:

Actually, I'm most worried about walking/shake-loose more than recoil. I'd sort of like to holster (or at least Pirate-belt-stuff) it while in the feild. Id rather not have the shot & powder dribble down my leg.

I'm thinking of .36 RB/000 buck.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Trent: When Dad and my brother and I shot blank loads out of our .62 smootbore pistol, we used grass, leaves, newspaper, rags, and just about anything we could stuff down the barrel to hold the shot in. If you have a blaster with a common bore size, order the overshot cards. Two cards, used together should give you all the resistence you need to keep anything within reason in the barrel. Just remember to use an awl or needle to poke a hole in the center of the card wafer to allow air to escape, otherwise, it will have to work its way around the edges of the card and defeat the purpose of using it. If the card fits snuggly, you should hear and feel the air first compressing, and then leaving the barrel through that small hole. Putting the card wad down sound like someone blowing across the mouth of a bottle while the liquid runs out a hole. The pitch drops as the card nears the shot. As long as the card wafer is right against the shot charge, so there is no room for the shot to pick up momentum when you shake the gun, it should not come loose when you point the barrel to the ground or bump it, and shake it. Do remember not to point the muzzle of a gun at anything you don't want to destroy, and that particularly applies to your own feet, legs, knees, and family jewels. :nono:

 

[Wes/Tex]

Pink Easter basket grass is at least colorful!! :blah: :rotf:

 

[musketman]

How would one keep the shot from coming out? I'm afraid an over-shot card seems rather frail.

There is no set rule that says you must use only one, you can double or triple them for a thicker barrier if needed...

Is the ramrod tip for your double rounded on the end?

If so, this will give a concaved shape to the over-shot card when rammed in place, that will also give a better hold to the card as it will "bite" into the barrel instead of merely being concentric to it... (in my opinion, of course)

 

[Rebel]

If you have a ramrod tip that is concave to fit a ball and use it for overshot wads it doesn't work. You need a Flat tip on the rod. Otherwise the wads fold back around the ball and it will fall right out. Found this out the hard way. :grin:

 

[54mountain]

an over shot card should work fine and I agree with the flat tipped ramrod. But if you want to get pc about it the old timers used pieces of paper wasp nests.