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Sharps4590, I really don't pattern my shells, but they seem to break clay birds nicely. Then, my all brass pinfire ammo with the 1/8" thick over shot card works fine on partridge, sharptails, and pheasants.

edited as I meant to type 1/8" and incorrectly typed 1/4"





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Stanton, another fella mentioned he used 40% waterglass and his stayed clear and that it lasted well, as you mention. Do you know what % waterglass you're using? A year ago or so someone dropped my bottle and broke it....and he doesn't remember what the percentage was....

encouraging to see many of you apparently shooting black powder...

Welp, I loaded them this morning and believe I discovered my difficulty. The 15 ga. hard card and fiber cushion wad work fine but the 15 ga. OSC is just a wee bit too small. I have a few hundred 12 ga/ OSC's and with a bit of dexterity I made them work. I also cleaned the inside of the case mouth with acetone and used Elmer's Tite Bond glue. We'll see.

Ed, I shoot quite a bit of BP in this drilling, it isn't Nitro proofed, and in several cartridge rifles as well as muzzleloaders. I guess I haven't outgrown Davy Crockett and Dan'l Boone or all my rondy and Longhunter years.

Vic,
You might try a light crimp to hold the oversize overshot wad.
Mike

I wondered about that, Mike. Thing is the wad and shot column are 5/16 to 3/8 in. below the case mouth. I don't know if that's normal or I'm just loading a short load. I'm loading 70 grs of Ffg, hard card, fiber cushion wad and 1 oz. of shot. That's pretty much the classic "square" 16 bore load.

When I loaded BP shotshells and w/o crimping the case,,I kept the OS wad in place with cheap white door& window caulk.
A little placed onto the top wad and then with your thumb press down on it and smear it around the case on top of the wad. It will work itself into the joint where the wad meets the case wall and form a small fillet of the stuff.

Let it cure, usually at least overnite (the directions on the container will say how long it takes to cure). It forms a rubbery seal that simply comes apart upon firing and blows out the muzzle with everything else.

Usually sold in the caulking gun type cartridges, but you can buy small tubes of the stuff that just squeeze out small amts thru a slender applicator. Very handy to use.

Vic,
Kutter's idea sounds good if you don't want to use 1 1/2 or 2 cushion wads.
Mike