Mec JR reloading quiestion

[Duffy]

Well said. Thanks.

[cordell]

Duffy,
Just back in from "the room", I have a spare #30 and #33 charge bar bushing if you would like them drop me a PM with your address and I will get them in the mail Monday (I am booked solid tomorrow). I was hoping for a #31 and #33 but did not have a duplicate of the #31 sorry.

Looks like you have been in good hands with dovehunter, the hard shot will give you an edge in some circumstances. I still have one unopened bag of the "old" Lawrence 7 1/2 shot and use it for quail mostly.

Tell me more about your lure collecting? Our pond finally thawed and I almost tried to drown a few crank baits this afternoon, but ended up hauling donkey manure for the garden and ran out of light. Well maybe we will have another 60+ degree day soon. Take care and God bless.

[Duffy]

Originally Posted by cordell

Just back in from "the room", I have a spare #30 and #33 charge bar bushing if you would like them drop me a PM with your address and I will get them in the mail Monday.

Thank you very much, cordell. PM sent to you this morning.

Originally Posted by cordell

Tell me more about your lure collecting?

I've got a few, certainly not an extensive collection, but fun anyway. I'll post in the Fishing Forum.

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by Duffy

Well said. Thanks.

The higher quality shot will have more antimony in it. I believe 5% antimony is pretty good, so what you have should work well.

I have some West Coast extra hard shot, which is their premium shot. Essentially, you want somewhat hard shot so that it will not deform under the pressures of firing. This is actually explained pretty well in the Lyman manual, which I think is the best shotgun reloading manual I have ever read. Essentially, when shot deforms it gets spots on it that are flat. These flat parts will rotate around with the air passing around the shot and when they catch an edge they will fling that piece of shot out of the pattern. So, the harder, less deformed shot tend to give fuller patterns with less fliers in them.

One of the reasons that Hevi-Shot patterns really well is because it isn't completely round, but tear drop shaped, which is one of the most aerodynamic shapes for going through the air. Essentially, that little tail end of the shot keeps it going in a straight line and there are very few fliers with Hevi-Shot. Not to mention that it is as hard, or harder, than steel and doesn't deform in the least bit.

Read the Lyman manual and it will open your eyes to a lot of shotgun reloading.

[Duffy]

Originally Posted by fabsroman

Read the Lyman manual and it will open your eyes to a lot of shotgun reloading.

I ordered it along with a few other items this weekend from Midway. Looking forward to it!

[cordell]

Hello Duffy,
The bushings left here Wednesday morning, and I posted one of my old lures on the fishing forum to get things started . Take care and God bless.