All,
Thanks for the valuable replies.
Katie & Jessie, please send me the dimensions of the plate and the screw holes. Believe the 12 gauge might be somewhat smaller than the normal 10 gauge butt, at least to judge by the two different plates offered from various Internet sellers.
Tom, I'm a charter subscriber to The DGJ and have tried (!) to memorize Sherman Bell's pieces on the 10 gauge. I load lead and bismuth for my 10-gauge, 2-7/8" Darne and had Tom Armbrust check my loads out for pressure. I'm moving from Longshot to a slightly faster powder as a result of experience with 1-1/8 and 1-1/4 oz loads in Namibia this August. Now, as for a pad, the Darne weighs 7 lbs 2 oz. and I had no trouble with it in the field with those loads. The Lefever is 8 lbs 4 oz. and I see no earthly use for a pad although the thought of 1-1/2 oz loads may abruptly cause my view to alter (let's see, with the Brit rule of 96, a one oz. load means a 96 oz gun or six pounds and a 1.5 oz load means a 10 lb. gun...).
Rocdoc, I've been using the Little Skeeters for 10-12 to shoot sporting clays with Winchester AA's, but now sitting ready for testing are a pair of gaugemate golds looking to be bad at skeet and clays... and in the field.
Rich, email to you shortly.
Regards, Tim
