00000 Buck

[6pt-sika]

Well I just finished making some 00000 Buck or .395" round balls . They actually mic .398" but we'll see what we've got after I roll them to smooth out the sprue flat .

[gamekeeper]

The largest buck shot we have over here is LG .36 or 9.1mm. LG stands for large game.
I guess your 00000 is destined for your 10 gauge

[Pete44ru]

The largest buck shot we have over here is LG .36 or 9.1mm. LG stands for large game.

To wit: "Buck & Ball".............


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[Ben_Rumson]

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The original Buckshot& Ball

[6pt-sika]

The largest buck shot we have over here is LG .36 or 9.1mm. LG stands for large game.
I guess your 00000 is destined for your 10 gauge

Yes sir you're correct this stuff is for the 10 gauge . Largest I load for the 12 gauge is 0 Buck . Already used 00 and 000 in my 10's to take deer . So thus coming year the 0000 (.38") and possibly this 00000 if it patterns worth a darn at 25 or so yards . I would say with my wheel weight alloyin this mold and the pellets water quench dropping to measure .397-.398" makes it darn near as close as you can get . After rolling to smooth the sprue cut a bit they still measured .397" or better .

[gcs]

Largest buckshot I've used is 000 in 3" 12 ga. Only problem was I could never get the patterns to hold together. My first and last buckshot deer, was maybe 30 yds, and it was hit by one pellet. Killed it, but I got lucky, never trusted the stuff again.
My buddy has shot a ton of deer with 3" 00, through an old 30 or 32" bbl Browning auto.
That darn gun shoots buckshot like a rifle.

[6pt-sika]

This stuff might very well get patterned tomorrow in my front yard no less

[6pt-sika]

Loaded some 0000 and 00000 Buck this afternoon . Loaded the 0000 6 in the SP-10 wad and also 8 with the petals removed and a mylar wrap . For the 00000 Buck I loaded 4 of them in the SP-10 wad and 6 with petals removed and a mylar wrap . All were fired at 25 yards off hand . 30 grains SR7625 , 4.3cc's Grex buffer .



I only fired them in my circa 1884 Parker top lever hammer 10 gauge .







First 00000 Buck . 4 pellets and the Sp-10 wad .











00000 Buck 6 pellets and the SP-10 wad with the petals removed and a .003" mylar wrap .











The 0000 with the whole SP-10 wad and 6 pellets .











The 0000 with 8 pellets no petals on the wad and the .003" mylar wrap .











I loaded more of both with the mylar wrap to try in my pair of Parker hammerless 10 gauge guns . It seems to have tightened the pattern a bit and added two pellets of each . If it does the same in the two hammerless guns I may try the same thing with 000 and 00 Buck !

[6pt-sika]

Just finished trying 0000 Buck and 00000 Buck with the petlas removed from the SP-10 wad and a .003" mylar wrap in my circa 1889 Parker EH #2 frame 30 10 gauge and my circa 1899 Parker EH #3 frame 32" 10 gauge both at 25 yards and offhand . The results were as positive as those in my Parker 1884 #3 frame 10 gauge hammer gun !







1889 #2 with 00000











1899 #3 with 00000











1889 #2 with 0000











1899 #3 with 0000











After I cleaned these two guns I pulled out my circa 1890 LC Smith Quality 2 10 gauge . Perhaps tomorrow I'll load a pair of 0000 and a pair of 00000 to try in it . The Smith is chokes a bit less tight perhaps it will show and even better tighter pattern at 25 yards . I think perhaps next week I'll try some patterns at 40 yards .

[6pt-sika]

Loaded enough of the 0000 and 00000 Buck to try my circa 1890 LC SMith Quality 2 30" 10 gauge at 25 and 40 yards . Again only loaded SP-10 wads with the petals removed and a .003" Mylar wrap .







00000 at 25 yards















0000 at 25 yards

















00000 at 40 yards

















0000 at 40 yards















25 yard stuff looks pretty decent , but most of the 40 yard stuff leaves a bit to be desired . I still have a circa 1882 Parker Grade 2 lifter hammer 10 gauge with 30" barrels I might try , but it looks like I have four guns that'll be adequate with my homemade buckshot .

[6pt-sika]

I cast about 250 of the 0000 and about the same of 00000 yesterday . A little slow using two cavity molds but better then nothing I suppose .

[6pt-sika]

I wanna try and get maybe 750 more of each size cast next week and I should have a good supply for awhile since I'm pretty much done with testing although I'd like to try them from the bench at fifty yards .

[6pt-sika]

Well back at the casting thing again !

I want to try and cast 600 more of the 00000/.395" and 800 of the 0000/.380" this week to add to what I already have . What I wanna cast this week will give me enough to load 100 rounds of each for the 10 gauge . And no I do not plan on loading that number when I'm done , but if they're on hand I don't need to worry with doing it later

[6pt-sika]

Wow I just finished casting and rolling 600+ of the 00000/.395" balls . Took me awhile !

[6pt-sika]

Well I'm waiting on my pot to melt whats in it and then start casting 0000/.380" balls . I "want" to get 800 of them IE enough for 100 shells . And that should last me for a good long time .

[6pt-sika]

I rolled all of the 600+ 0000 Buck pellets today one at a time . And I'm going to take the 00000 Buck pellets I cast and semi rolled Tuesday back into the shop tomorrow and reroll them all one at a time .

Not really sure if rolling them trying to knock the edges off the sprue cut does any good or not . But in my mind I think it does . I know I was told several times the old muzzle loader guys would roll their round balls between two pieces of glass to try and round them some where the sprue cut was . So at the very least rounding them up a bit shouldn't make them any worse LOL's !