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Doesn't seem to melt the hulls, just the soft wads...Geo

You can usually get more than one loading out of the hulls too, especially if you roll crimp. For 12 gauge it may not be worth the bother, but for 10 gauge I try to get two loadings out of a hull, buy you need to carefully inspect them between loadings.

BP burns holes in plastic hulls. I like using once fired clear 12 hulls so folks can see the equal amounts of shot/powder. They'll usually have some holes after the 1st shot. I load them once an toss. A thick hull like Remington STS should last several loads.
The 10 hulls I prefer are thick plastic Winchesters. They last several shots before they "burn-out". Joe

An old hand Lee Loader can be bought for around $10. Great for loading BP. There's 7000grs per pound, so at 70grs of 3F you'll get 100 shells. That with 1oz of shot is a nice load. www.circlefly.com has a lot of info and Craig will help if you call him. Your cost , depending on the cost of powder will be around 10 to 18$ per box. Sometimes you can find a used Lee Loadall pretty cheap at gun shows. Good luck - Paul

Good info. Thanks.

Geo,

Republic Metallic Cartridge Co did go out of business over a year ago. They were looking for a buyer for a while but then shut it down moving on to more profitable ventures.

Jack K

Hi,

First of all, I am not a reloader however found BP reloading to be easy. Lots of great information on the web. I buy my overshot cards, lubed wads from Craig at http://www.circlefly.com/html/welcome.html. Not only is he knowledgable but his products enable me to enjoy this great sport of BP shooting...its a real hoot.

Joe in Charlotte,

You must be shooting clay pigeons wearing flak jackets to need 1 1/2oz to break them with your 10ga. I suggest you try 1oz loads in the same gun, just put some additional wadding to fill to your crimp length. I found 1oz loads worked just great in my 10g.

Jerry, those 10s are loaded for MAXIMUM effect. In addition to the thunderous boom of 4 (sometimes 4 1/2) drams with 1 1/2 oz of #9s are nearly 1000 pellets. These puppies don't just break clays, they make them disappear mid-flight. That's what people tell me, there's simply too much smoke for me to watch.
I do warn the staff at the skeet range before so they aren't thinking a gun blew up.

Joe

I loaded some 3 1/2" 10's once with 2 + ozs of 9's to shoot doves with , out of a 10 Ithaca Automag..My dad thought it was overkill..I thought it was fabulous..