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#31: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: Elvis, Location: south island New Zealand

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 6:22 am
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opening weekend is over ror another year the boy got 2 mallards from the air with the .410 at the same time as I fired with the 12ga. on plucking 1 duck had 3 #6lead pellets uder its wing so that bird was my sons. he finished off 3 others on the water from the boat and tonight he shot a hare of about 3kgs or 7lb at about 25yrs with a 11/16 load of #4s so yes the wee gun works and my wee fella is learning the ropes.

#32: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: ElyBoy, Location: Forest Lake Minnesota

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 9:43 pm
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Good for you Elvis, however Crying or Very sad

MY, opening weekend is almost five months away.
Yuk it up partner, my time is coming. Party

Eric

#33: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: Elvis, Location: south island New Zealand

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:19 am
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the wee fella got a swan the other day and finished off two canadas today the .410 is working well. I havent even seen a .28ga here in kiwiland but I guess they would be slightly better being able to handle a FEW more pellets. where did you get hold of the hevi shot to reload? I have pulled old lead loads apart to get shot to load .410 but flinch at paying 2-3$ around of 12ga loads just to pull them apart for better loads for the wee man.

#34: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: Aloysius, Location: B., Belgium

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:17 am
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Elvis, I once read an article where they made their own shot:

making a mixture of 1 part weelweights + 3 parts soft lead (= 2.5 % Sb)
fluxing as you do when moulding bulletsw
when heated till 280°-350° C
pour it trough a pot with a few nozzles (diameter 0.7, 0.8 or 0.9 mm)
(shotsize depends on temperature and diameter nozzle/sieve)
which is mounted about 10 mm above the liquid level in a container filled with a mixture 1 part oil and 3 parts diesel.
Afterwards wash the shot with petrol folowed by hot water with dishsoap, rince with cold water and dry.
Use different sieves to separate different sizes and add a theespoon 40 µm carbonpowder to 15 kg shot (kind of molycoat Smile

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There are even special shotmakers available on the market.

Not that I tried it myself already, but somebody did and sure got me interested. I too don't like the prices of shot and when you could make your own, the costprice of a reloaded cartridge will be cut with more than 50 % and I'm always interested in a new challenge, sure when I can save money afterwards.

And as always be carefull when working with hot lead. It's poisenous and not good friends with cold water!

Got you interested? Remember: a lot of inventions started with a nut trying to do something, so good luck.

#35: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: Pumpkinslinger, Location: NC foothills

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:42 am
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You could always build a shot tower...

www.dcr.virginia.gov/s...ttower.pdf

See page 2 there.

I've been by there a few times. Nice little park!

#36: Re: 28 Gauge for waterfowl Author: Elvis, Location: south island New Zealand

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:18 am
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Aloysius Ive given up tryin that tried allsorts but without the right gear I just ended up with funny shaped bits. I have bought some #5 and #6 to load up and at 3/4oz per load it will last a while. The heavier than lead shot sound great as more pellets of a smaller size with good energy could be better for ducks. the lead works good but we always look for something new to tooto with.

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