New 12 ga. Crow load

[Master Carper]

I have been working on a new load for wing shooting crows this season, and here is some information on it.

12 ga. 2 3/4"

510 grain load of copper plated #6 shot / buffered / 210 pellets

Velocity from my Remington 870 with a 34" Hastings Wadlock barrel is 1,440 fps.

Pressure: 9,600 psi

I am waiting for the weather to cool down a little bit so I can get out and do some pattern testing to see which choke will give me the most uniform patterns, and I will post results at that time.

Here is a play by play of the loading and any questions, ask.

 

[Master Carper]

 

[retrieverman]

Dang! Those are pretty crimps!!!

 

[dennishoddy]

Well done! They should take a crow down way out there.

 

[Master Carper]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!

Other than slug loads, this will be my first time shooting a crow load with a wad that does not have "petals" on it, so I am really looking forward to getting to the pattern board and see how these particular loads do...

 

[hunter966]

Master Carper, got a question for you.

I’ve loaded a lot of shotgun shells but never with buffer, do you mix the buffer with your shot, pour it over the shot after it’s in the hull, or what?

 

[Master Carper]

Master Carper, got a question for you.

I’ve loaded a lot of shotgun shells but never with buffer, do you mix the buffer with your shot, pour it over the shot after it’s in the hull, or what?

The shot is put in on top of the wad, then the buffer is put on top of the shot. The shell is then vibrated and the buffer migrates down through and between all of the pellets.

 

[Firpo]

Two thoughts. First those are some good looking shells to be sure. Second! Darn, you take your crow shootin’ really seriously.

 

[Master Carper]

Two thoughts. First those are some good looking shells to be sure. Second! Darn, you take your crow shootin’ really seriously.

Thank you!

I killed my first crow over 50 years ago, and I take it more and more seriously every year.

One of my specialized CROW weapons.

 

[GnometownHero]

I spent much of my youth at Ft Cobb shooting crows. Some Mondays I had bruised up right shoulder.
We used to shoot and reload hulls til the crimos got ratty, trim and use a rubber ir cardboard top wad.
We mixed 5 shot and 7 1/2 shot in those