- Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:13 pm
#21472
Hey Mike- Assuming your using Win AA hulls (wild guess there) and Win 209 primers, that recipe gives you 1300 fps, which I think is a little fast for 16 yard trap targets. That extra speed translates to extra recoil which imho is unnecessary. Green Dot is normally thought of as a handicap distance powder, but there's no law against using it at 16 yards. I would reduce it to 18 or 19 grains though, which should give between 1145-1200 fps- plenty fast enough.
Given my druthers, I'll load 1 oz, hard #8s to 1150 or 1200 fps. I like Clays, but it's a little more expensive than Red Dot, Clay Dot, or Promo, all of which I've used at one time or another. I do like the Win 209 primer (I've had bad luck with the import primers), but they are expensive. A lot of people claim the Claybuster wads leave too much plastic residue in the barrel- among the clone wads, I like the Dusters but they're not available locally that I know of. If you're going to be shooting in cold weather, try to use a load that generates decent pressure, otherwise you may get some bloopers. I picked up a pound of E3 to try this winter because it is supposed to work well in the cold- we shall see.
In all honesty, I don't think I'm missing targets because of the components in my reloads. My mistakes are much more fundamental than that. Most any published recipe for reasonable velocity will probably work just fine, but that doesn't stop us from looking for the magic bullet.