Thread: Adventures in the world of 12 bore solids

Casting up a load of .665 round balls before sending the mold to akaroa1 reminded me l had been meaning to load some 12 gauge with them.
In my Brno 204, Winchester rifled slugs shoot into 3 inches at 50 yards, they may be capable of better but after firing one off sandbags I went freehand for the other 2. However Im running out of them and the price is off-putting
I had already accumulated a number of lee 1oz slugs and some that resemble air rifle slugs on roids that I can't recall the source of so this afternoon I got stuck in.
The 3 guinea pigs round ball, air rifle guy and keep 1 oz
I loaded up 3 of each using 17 gr of 700x and recycled 12 gauge plastic wads. The petals needed cutting off for the 2 slugs so they sit in the cup that's left, for the round ball half the petal could be left to centre the ball.
The cases were trimmed back to 1 1/2 inches and roll crimped to holdeverything tight. The round balls should probably have been trimmed 2 1/4 as the balls are a little loose.
I won't get around to shooting them today as while the press is set up I'll make a supply of BP shot loads, and a few novelties like confetti, rice, and blanks along with some dragons breath