Questions about shot loads

[Lorne Johnson]

I second Old Timer's advise. The cushion wad is nothing but trouble, seems to punch a hole in the pattern. An over powder wad all you want behind the shot, and an overshot card over the shot. That's the first change to make.

Brown Bear (haven't seen him post in years, but he was very knowledgeable) got his best results with F. I use FF, but generally 68-70 grains and 3/4 to a heavy 1 ounce load. Knocks pigeons, grouse, or pheasants right down, as long as you hit them. If you have an older Pedersoli, one of the beautiful light ones, 80 grains is a lot, and 1 1/4 ounce will be painful to shoot, you'll develop a flinch, and the load won't matter cause you won't hit anything. (Keep in mind that there are a number of approaches that work more than well enough.)

 

[Brokennock]

I second Old Timer's advise. The cushion wad is nothing but trouble, seems to punch a hole in the pattern. An over powder wad all you want behind the shot, and an overshot card over the shot. That's the first change to make.

Brown Bear (haven't seen him post in years, but he was very knowledgeable) got his best results with F. I use FF, but generally 68-70 grains and 3/4 to a heavy 1 ounce load. Knocks pigeons, grouse, or pheasants right down, as long as you hit them. If you have an older Pedersoli, one of the beautiful light ones, 80 grains is a lot, and 1 1/4 ounce will be painful to shoot, you'll develop a flinch, and the load won't matter cause you won't hit anything. (Keep in mind that there are a number of approaches that work more than well enough.)

Sorry to tell you this, but, our dear friend Brown Bear is no longer with us. He was a wealth of information and good advise, I miss his posts.

 

[Lorne Johnson]

Sorry to tell you this, but, our dear friend Brown Bear is no longer with us. He was a wealth of information and good advise, I miss his posts.

Thank you for the update! I feared as much, and miss him.

 

[Kev308]

I'm interested in your shooting board. I have not a clue what homasote backers are? Can you elaborate sir?

Sorry For the late reply I just saw this. At our club we use target frames that are 2x2 foot square and we cover it with a piece of homasote to staple targets to
The homasote comes from home depot it sells in 4x8 foot sheets we cut it up from there
And screw it to the frames