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Originally posted by multibeard
I have a Navy Arms cylinder bored 12 ga double.
I was able to find a muzzle loading shot gun kit from Cabelas thanks to a very good customer service guy a few years ago. It had all the wads plus some hard plastic shot cups. It called for splitting the shot cups but I left them solid.
I got a good pattern out of them out to around 25 yards using #6 lead. Seeing my Navy arms had modern steel barrels I used the shot cup and shot equal measures of pyrodex and shot. If I remember right the shot cup held right around 100 gr of powder.
I tried to use regular reloading shot cups with the bottom cushion cut off but all I could find were shot cups that were split. If I tried to tape the shot cups I would end up with oblong patterns.
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Thanks. I have plenty of wads and cards that the previous owner gave me with the shotgun. I was more interested in any advice about shot size and weight and any tips about maximizing pattern density and any safety advice for this type gun specifically for use on turkeys.