Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Ordered a Sharp Shooter USA 00buck mold
unfy:
Spent the afternoon with hanging out with SFG, was good fun.
Afterwards, went to the bullet hole to see what the shells did.
Chambered a shell in my Stoeger 12ga SXS 20" Coach Gun ... put it to my shoulder... aimed... pulled the trigger.
Winced in pain and whimpered for about 2 min.
Holy SEX a 3" magnum shell with absolutely zero recoil absorption out of a light little coach gun hurts. ~1 7/8 ounces, 34 grains of blue dot. Ow.
I tried to convince myself to try another shell... but was too much of a weakling. My kungfoo is weak :(.
So, the single shell pattern is:
Wad went into the X obviously, pellets were within a 5 inch circle and far from uniform.
Now don't mind me while I nurse my poor shoulder *sniff*
bkoenig:
What distance was that?
unfy:
25 or 30 feet IIRC.
I can possibly push it out further the next time I feel brave enough to try it. Will prolly be out of my pistol grip only mossy with a knox stock on it tho.
unfy:
My shoulder still hurts. Gonna look into a recoil pad for sure.
Not afraid of running it through my mossy pistol grip, just didn't wake up in time. Maybe tomorrow.
unfy:
Been a couple years. Busted the mold out to tackle some of the lead from shooter.
Still works great.
First pic is everything as cast at bottom of bucket.
Second is after cutting the balls from the sprue. Prolly a quarter of a coffee can of 00/0-buckshot :D
found the right thread! must be the laquer thinner fumes from powder coat :P
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