Looking for ML 28ga. loads......

[nightwolf1974]

Looking for data on loads for a ML 28ga., specifically #4 buck & #4 birdshot, just good all-around loads, not magnum loads.

Thanks.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I shoot 3/4 ounce of shot over 55 grain FFF in mine. I use #6 shot for cotton tails or tree rats.That should give you a starting point to go with.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I shoot 3/4 ounce of shot over 55 grain FFF in mine. I use #6 shot for cotton tails or tree rats.That should give you a starting point to go with.

Bump this up to 60 grains of fffg and use #7 1/2 or #8 shot, and it’s great for Doves and those pesky Tye-Fighter Quail. Load with #5 shot and take pheasants, though try to keep them inside 30 yrds.

 

[nightwolf1974]

Any thoughts on 2F loads?

 

[Grenadier1758]

Use about five more grains (volume) of 2Fg than the 3Fg load or 65 grains of 2Fg with the load suggested by @Rock Home Isle.

 

[smoothshooter]

Looking for data on loads for a ML 28ga., specifically #4 buck & #4 birdshot, just good all-around loads, not magnum loads.

Thanks.

If you are going to try some buckshot loads, give some thought to layer8ng and how well they stack.8n that small of a bore size, your options are pretty limited anyway. Probably #4 or #3 buckshot only.
Double ball loads can be interesting to experiment with. Just don’t use a tightly patched ball on top. Too much chance of getting a compressed air space between the balls that could cause a dog-knot bulge in your barrel.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Any thoughts on 2F loads?

Actually my shotgun "mentor" when it comes to BP shotguns, suggested that 3Fg and not 2Fg was much better for birdshot. He likes the rapid acceleration. Seems odd BUT modern shotgun powders also are very quick on the powder-burning-scale... so there seems to be something to the principal. Truth be told, I have had more success with 20 gauge loads using 3Fg in cylinder bored barrels (no choke) than when using 2Fg, and 1Fg is a no go.

LD

 

[Rock Home Isle]

For upland game hunting, quail, pheasants, doves etc…I get my best patterns using just a heavy nitro card…no thick felt wad.

 

[Sparkitoff]

The square load works well for me in all my smoothies, but particularly the 24 and 28 gauge. Same scoop for powder and shot. The 3/4oz and the 7/8oz are both very effective.

 

[flconch53]

The smaller bore on a 28 gauge will get a longer shot string hence a tighter pattern that a larger bore. For turkey I use 1oz of 6s over 60 grains 2f.