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12 guage 3/4 oz loads with WTS Powder


Marlin Buckhorn,SASS 51727

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I know there are better powders and 7/8 oz of shot is light enough. But I have a bunch of WST powder and I am looking for a good performing load with 3/4 oz of shot with this powder.

 

If anybody can be of help with a specific load please send me a PM. I use AA hulls and Claybuster wads.

 

Thanks in advance for your help,

 

Marlin

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Sorry, the manufacturer (Hodgdons) seems to think that Clays is the only one of their powders appropriate to the 3/4 ounce load. That is a very light load.

 

WST and one ounce of shot, now there is a good way to burn up that powder. If you want my favorite for that weight, drop me a PM.

 

Good luck, GJ

 

 

You can find a few loads for 7/8 ounce lead and WST on Hodgdons on-line loading data. What I see from that data, which only develops about 7500 psi and makes a load that has muzzle velocities ALL above 1300 FPS, is that you can't get to where you want (3/4 ounce light load) with WST - the powder is a little too slow. I'd predict that you would have erratic velocities and a fair amount of unburned powder if you tried WST on that shot weight.

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Thanks for the input. I guess if I want to shoot 3/4 oz 12 gauge loads I will need a different powder. Wife will just have to put up with those "magnum" 7/8 oz loads. :lol:/>

 

Marlin

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