Got a new to me Ithaca NID Grade 3, 2 7/8", 32" gun. This will be my first season with it. Have close to 100 reloaded plastic hulls on hand, loaded with 1 1/4 oz. bismuth 4s, at 1200 fps. I intend to work towards loading some with heavier charges of bismuth, and Nice shot, as time allows. These particular guns were designed to shoot a 1 5/8 oz. lead load, and I want to duplicate it with non-tox as nearly as possible. Probably will require using card wads instead of plastic shot cups. I don't think the SP10 wad will "allow" that much bismuth. Will experiment with the Versatile to see.
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Stan, why would you not use plastic wads?
I will use plastic wads, for 1 1/4 oz., maybe a little more, but you can't fit a 1 5/8 oz. bismuth into any plastic shot cup that I am aware of. I want to work up a bismuth or Nice Shot load that will approximate the 1 5/8 oz. lead load that was intended for this gun when it was built. I have plenty 12 ga. waterfowlers that handle 1 1/4 oz. bismuth quite well. This girl needs to shoot as near as possible what she was made too shoot, IMO. Just a fun project to do.
stan, all bs aside...pls dont shoot steel in this fine old nid...you will score the barrels for sure...
Go root under a rock, ed. If you don't know me better than that, from my posts over the years, don't even address me. I would like to know one thing, though. What BS are you referring to?
