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Hi all, getting into reloading and I'd like to roll some 2 1/2" loads for my older Brit guns. I do have some 2 3/4" low pressure loads, but would like some recipes for 2 1/2".

I'd be using Cheddite hulls & primers.

I'd like a 1 1/8oz payload, with pressure not to exceed 8500psi and a MV of 1145 to 1200fps.

I know there is a load like this out there as New Era Ammunition used to load them before they closed shop.

So....any help would be great!

If you care to e-mail them I'm at:

Wesbutte@westriv.com

Thanks so much!

Greg

Check out the powder mfg's sites. Hodgdon has a lot of info in their hard cover data manual.

bill

+1 on the Hodgdon site. Alliant site too. I use Green Dot for my 2 1/2" 1 oz loads, have done for years. People complain it shoots "dirty" but it's only ash.

I shoot a LOT of double ammo nd there is no reason to shoot 1 1/8 loads IMO.
Most professional shooters use one oz at abt 1200 ft/sec and they Break and kill most any clay or bird in the air.
I use 19.5 Pb x 1 oz and it it a low pressure and light recoil load.
I also use Greendot which I love, abt 18.5 gr

Hi all and thanks, I use a lot of 1 or 1 1/16oz loads myself, but there are times for late season roosters when that extra payload can make a difference. Keep in mind that wild pheasants are tough birds, unlike pen raised birds or smaller birds like quail, they can take a good pounding and keep on flying. That extra shot payload can make the difference between a wounded bird and a dead one. This I know from experience and I'm sure others who hunt the plains can attest to.

Thanks again!

Greg

Like I told you last fall Greg not only an extra payload for wild pheasants but bump up a size in shot. That's why I like #4's for pheasant. #6 and #5 may be fine for season opener when the tender spring hatch are the first taken at short range but after that you need bigger shot to take down the old tough ones when ranges get longer. As a kid I used to load the full choke barrel with a #2 and took them at 60+ yards.

http://www.ballisticproducts.com/Brochure-Loading-Shortened-Hulls/productinfo/00BSHORT/ is a brochure available from BPI on loading shortened hulls. It includes 2.5-in 12 gauge. The brochure costs about $2.

If you tell BPI what you are trying to do, they can probably send a table of load data.

A 12 gauge shot shell that started as 2.75-in then had the fold part of the crimp removed would come to be about 2.5-in long. It could be roll-crimped with O/S card and hold about the same amount of shot as the original 2.75-in hull with a fold crimp.