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LOAD OF THE WEEK 2010/03/05                          

PEST CONTROL - BUCKSHOT loads for pests found in house and garden.  Pellets are BP’s SUPER-BUCK (OO-buck, O-buck & #1 buck and nickel-plated OO buck) in the 12-gauge 2.75” hull. 

 

C reminds buckshot loaders of the use of a very simple device will greatly aid putting together buckshot loads.  The device is a short piece of wooden dowel about 4 inches long and one-half inch in diameter.   It is called a POKE!   The POKE is used to press resisting buckshot pellets into stacking alignment.  The bottom layer of buck pellets may resist initial layer alignment as many plastic wads have a slightly narrower internal base or molded with small supporting structures in the internal base.  A quick POKE and the problem is solved.   The other pellets then usually stack into place.  (Off-sized buckshot can give the “stacking” reloader gray hair.   Note buckshot diameters and be aware of the older “Western buckshot” sizing difference from the general standard of “Eastern” buckshot.) 

 

With OO-buck the pellet alignment in these 12-gauge loads is two per layer.  Each stacked layer contains two pellets.  In these loads there will be five stacked layers equaling a total of ten OO pellets.   Once the first layer is established then the remainder should drop into place (2 pellets in 5 layers =10 pellets, 518 grains [or very close]) - with maybe only a POKE or two for stacking alignment.   (The POKE is also used to simplify pressing cork, felt & fiber wads into wads and hulls.)   

 

With O-buck (2 pellets in 5 layers = 10 pellets , 484 grains [or very close]) is loaded in the same manner. 

 

#1 buck is loaded with 3 pellets per stacked layer in 4 layers = 12 pellets, 490 grains or very close. 

 

L0AD# 100301-1827 (NICKEL-PLATED OO BUCK)

HULL:  FIOCCHI 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: FIO616

PROPELLANT: ALLIANT HERCO 26.0 Grains

WAD:  MG42 (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  OO Nickel-Plated BUCK 10 pellets (518 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer= 2 pellets with total of 5 layers = 10 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point             

Result: PSI 11100 FPS 1340    

 

L0AD# 100302-1829 (OO SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  FIOCCHI 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: FIO616

PROPELLANT: ALLIANT HERCO 24.0 Grains

WAD:  MG42 (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  OO SUPER BUCK 10 pellets (518 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer= 2 pellets with total of 5 layers = 10 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point OS12 on top of shot    

Result: PSI 9500 FPS 1245    

 

L0AD# 100302-1835 (OO SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  MUTLIHULL 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: CH209

PROPELLANT: Hodgdon UNIVERSAL CLAYS 24.0 Grains

WAD:  MG42 (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  OO SUPER BUCK 10 pellets (518 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer, stacked 2 pellets with total of 5 layers = 10 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point OS12 on top of shot    

Result: PSI 9900 FPS 1250    

 

L0AD# 1003012-1825 (O SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  FIOCCHI 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: FIO616

PROPELLANT: Alliant HERCO 30.0 Grains

WAD:  VP53 + 1/8 cork 20 in wad base (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  O SUPER BUCK 10 pellets (484 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer, stacked 2 pellets with total of 5 layers = 10 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point

Result: PSI 10200 FPS 1425    

 

L0AD# 100301-1826 (O SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  FIOCCHI 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: FIO616

PROPELLANT: IMR SR7625 30.0 Grains

WAD:  VP53 (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  O SUPER BUCK 10 pellets (484 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer = 2 pellets with total of 5 layers = 10 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point  

Result: PSI 8800 FPS 1305    

 

L0AD# 100302-1833 (#1 SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  FIOCCHI 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: FIO616

PROPELLANT: Alliant HERCO 27.0 Grains

WAD:  MG42 + 1/4 cork 20 in wad base (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  #1 SUPER BUCK 12 pellets (490 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer = 3 pellets with total of 4 layers = 12 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point + OS12 on top of shot

Result: PSI 10200 FPS 1360    

 

L0AD# 100302-1834 (#1 SUPER BUCK)

HULL:  MULTIHULL 12-gauge 2.75”   

PRIMER: CH209

PROPELLANT: Alliant HERCO 26.0 Grains

WAD:  MG42 + 1/4 cork 20 in wad base (Mica dust the wad)

SHOT:  #1 SUPER BUCK 12 pellets (490 grains)

Pellets set into wad base layer = 3 pellets with total of 4 layers = 12 pellets.  

BUFFER:  none  

FOLD CRIMP: 6-point + OS12 on top of shot

Result: PSI 9700 FPS 1330    

 

 

 

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