Over the weekend I participated in a tower pheasant shoot. The temperature during the shoot was around minus 5 degrees F. For the shoot I loaded up a bunch of 1 oz loads to shoot out of my Edwin Wilson SLE which was built around 1905. The load I was using was the following:
12 gauge, 1 oz.
20 grains green dot powder
Win 209 primer
Figure 8 Wad
1222 FPS, 9800 PSI
All of them went bang but I could tell they were very weak and they did not perform well. I have never had a problem like this before, but I also have never shot in minus 5 degree temps before. I want to keep my loads at a max of 1200 FPS and 1 1/8 oz. out of respect for my old shotguns stock. Does anybody have a go to load for cold weather? Also has anyone had this issue with factory ammo?
Thanks!
