I was able to test some ammo today in the used shotgun I recently acquired from a friend. I suppose the title "new" is not technically correct. But it's new to me anyway.
I have never owned an auto 12 gauge myself and I must say that I'm really digging it.
I tried a handful of my recent reloads today now that I had some time to do it.
First off the Remington STS low brass handicap reload copies. The gun managed to place 74 pellets inside the 3 inch bullseye which is very respectable in itself. These are with #6 shot. Not the typical 7-1/2 or 8 shots that you usually find them in the store and used some of the Remington figure 8 wads that a forum member gave me to try.
Shot a decent pattern, but the shells were not strong enough to chamber the next round. Which leaves me wondering if there is a slightly weaker spring that I can exchange this to so it would cycle correctly?
Anyone got any suggestions of possible remedies? If you do, I am all ears and willing to try just about anything.
If not, I'll still be loading these shells to use in my double barrel and pumps. They work just fine in them.
*These are near max charges of titegroup for this recipe combination, so I can't bump the charge up any and go that route.
So, next, I wanted to try some of my high brass loads and I hit the jackpot with the first shot. Cycles like a dream, and soft shooting too, considering the big heavy spring and all.
These are my Hornady copy reloads. While I'm still using Remington hulls for them too, I'm loading them with longshot powder, 1-1/8 oz Hornady versatite shot cups and according to the chrony, am getting 1455 fps average out of them. And I could even go hotter if I needed to (I don't), but am going to log this recipe in my load book because it's a keeper for sure.
Here is a photo of the target. At the same distance as the Remington STS copies from earlier. 17 yards, and off hand.
As mentioned above, the velocity was great, and the gun cycled, ejected and functioned perfectly. And look at this pattern. Exactly where it should've been, and with so many pellets and the wad through the bullseye, I couldn't even determine how many there actually were within the bullseye. The entire load could be covered by a paper plate.
My buddy warned me that with the Remington full choke that is in it, it would tear a squirrel in half if you're too close to it. And from judging by this, I would tend to believe it.
He told me that if you hold the bead on it, you can shoot them from as far as you can see them.
Another plus, it has the shortest 24 inch ported barrel they offered so it's easy to carry and shoot.
This gun, is definitely a keeper.
I have never owned an auto 12 gauge myself and I must say that I'm really digging it.
I tried a handful of my recent reloads today now that I had some time to do it.
First off the Remington STS low brass handicap reload copies. The gun managed to place 74 pellets inside the 3 inch bullseye which is very respectable in itself. These are with #6 shot. Not the typical 7-1/2 or 8 shots that you usually find them in the store and used some of the Remington figure 8 wads that a forum member gave me to try.
Shot a decent pattern, but the shells were not strong enough to chamber the next round. Which leaves me wondering if there is a slightly weaker spring that I can exchange this to so it would cycle correctly?
Anyone got any suggestions of possible remedies? If you do, I am all ears and willing to try just about anything.
If not, I'll still be loading these shells to use in my double barrel and pumps. They work just fine in them.
*These are near max charges of titegroup for this recipe combination, so I can't bump the charge up any and go that route.
So, next, I wanted to try some of my high brass loads and I hit the jackpot with the first shot. Cycles like a dream, and soft shooting too, considering the big heavy spring and all.
These are my Hornady copy reloads. While I'm still using Remington hulls for them too, I'm loading them with longshot powder, 1-1/8 oz Hornady versatite shot cups and according to the chrony, am getting 1455 fps average out of them. And I could even go hotter if I needed to (I don't), but am going to log this recipe in my load book because it's a keeper for sure.
Here is a photo of the target. At the same distance as the Remington STS copies from earlier. 17 yards, and off hand.
As mentioned above, the velocity was great, and the gun cycled, ejected and functioned perfectly. And look at this pattern. Exactly where it should've been, and with so many pellets and the wad through the bullseye, I couldn't even determine how many there actually were within the bullseye. The entire load could be covered by a paper plate.
My buddy warned me that with the Remington full choke that is in it, it would tear a squirrel in half if you're too close to it. And from judging by this, I would tend to believe it.
He told me that if you hold the bead on it, you can shoot them from as far as you can see them.
Another plus, it has the shortest 24 inch ported barrel they offered so it's easy to carry and shoot.
This gun, is definitely a keeper.