First roll your own

[oli700]

Yup, straight up trying to copy the FC wad. This is my first hand rolled 00 buck , enjoy

Ballistic Products BP12 wad, has a 1/ 4“ felt for cushion and sits on a BP gas seal. They come unslit so you can slit them in any way you can think of

10 pellet load 1.15 oz

24.5 grains of Alliant Herco

17 grains of #47 Ballistic Products buffer

Federal Top Gun (breast cancer awareness edition) paper base wad .Powder in, wad set in and pellets stacked in 5 layers of 2 pellets. Fit nice right to the top of the wad and that is important for a good crimp

Buffer in .

20 gauge over shot card so buffer stays put. I notice factory shells use a sort of glue for this seal.

Crimped. I need to adjust this as it swelled the shell slightly but it feeds and ejects.

1275 FPS from Lyman Shotshell Handbook 5th edition

I’ll post a target after I shoot it.

 

[Rossignol]

:twisted: Love is a shotshell full of 00!

 

[oli700]

I don’t know but I think I have never wanted to shoot a particular round this bad yet...except for a 50 cal Raufoss round

 

[Rossignol]

I can imagine! I wanna shoot em too!

I got a bunch of empties I can send you, if you want send me your addy in a PM!

 

[SHOOTER13]

Good report Oli...well done !

Thing with "rollin yer own" is that you don't save a whole lot of money...but you do shoot alot more !!

...and ain't that what it's all about !!

 

[cbshooter]

Can't wait for the report on these. Nice looking reload.

 

[oli700]

Good report Oli...well done !

Thing with "rollin yer own" is that you don't save a whole lot of money...but you do shoot alot more !!

...and ain't that what it's all about !!

You know the score…….. Plus it’s the accomplishment for me. If I can produce something as good as a factory round I will be rolling. That’s why I am casting too. Turning raw material into shot, slugs and bullets and the knowledge to do is a cool thing to me. If it ever comes down to constructing your own ammo for whatever reason the knowledge will be handy. I have officially collected 330 pounds of lead all for free … If I cast that into shot and slugs that’s a big savings at 1 oz a round, well one could do the math. The equipment is running a little more than I thought it was going to but the hobby aspect is turning out to be pretty cool so the savings is becoming less important to me.

I can imagine! I wanna shoot em too!

I got a bunch of empties I can send you, if you want send me your addy in a PM!

That would be sweet, I’ve been going to all the gravel pits in the woods and scrounging at the gun club

Once I get a Lee pot that doesn’t shock me and get the casting down I’ll send you and the kid some loads to try. I want to make a lot of other loads it’s just going to take some time to accumulate the components and I still have to buy the slug mold and I can’t decide what one I want to try.

 

[oli700]

Can't wait for the report on these. Nice looking reload.

Thanks, I hope they work If not, back to the drawing board,,,,its fun anyway. I just dont want to make 500 of something that dosent work. I want to see what I like best and make a load of 'em

 

[oli700]

almost dont want to shoot 'em........almost

 

[SHOOTER13]

Real mean lookin' load there Oli...can't wait for the range report !!

 

[Rossignol]

:shock: These are among the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Far better than diamonds and gold...

 

[ripjack13]

Brad...that looks like a gold filled diamond to me.....

 

[Rossignol]

Brad...that looks like a gold filled diamond to me.....

15 year wedding anniversary coming up and I dont believe these will substitute well! Awesome though they are, Jenny will know the difference between lead and gold!

 

[oli700]

....thanks guys I am honored you like them, these are in Federal Gold Medal hulls. I wish I had more of these. I need to buy components for Remington and Winchester....I think Remington next.

 

[nitesite]

Well... How did they shoot???????

Edited: Never mind, I found your thread with pics and results. Nice effort and very good results!

Nice crimps, BTW. What did you use for buffer material?

I think it would be cool to buy a black powder revolver in .32 caliber and then I can cast pure lead balls for it and make a lotta extras for practice buckshot loads.

 

[Rossignol]

Ok, ok... I know I have a bunch of shell hulls for you, and I really wanna send em, but we keep shooting and I think to myself, "if I wait, I'll have more to send". Well, I just picked up some Remington Nitro Gold.

Are those of use? May do some range time tomorrow. Kinda wanna see if my mom wants to go with us.

 

[oli700]

The Remington Primer STS and the Nitro is the best hull to reload . They will reload 10 or so times before the crimp starts to split. I am using them for slugs at the moment. So when I send some back the AA will be my low(er) recoil and the Nitro will be the Grizzly loads...and a few low recoil 8 pel in pink Top Gun hulls for ANR to pattern for me.

 

[Rossignol]