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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 2.5" ITX duck loads? |
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Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:38 pm
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| Anyone shooting ducks with 2.5" ITX loads? I've been loading some 2.5" roll crimped loads for my damascus hammer guns, but haven't used them on ducks yet. Hope to next week. The recipe I have is 7/8oz ITX 6's or 4's in a roll crimped cheddite hull, cheddite primer, 25.5gr Longshot in a Z16 wad, 1375fps at 6,800 psi. I've dropped it down to 24.5gr, so It should be about 1300 fps, 6k psi. Will report on its effectiveness when I can. |
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Sat Nov 07, 2020 6:13 am
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What do you expect the temps to be when hunting ?
Just curious how that light low pressure LONGSHOT load will do if the temps are below 40 degrees . |
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Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:49 pm
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| That's a very good point. Temps probably won't be below 40, but I'll have to take that into consideration. |
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Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:14 pm
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Well, I tried these light ITX loads yesterday while upland hunting, and had two squibs on a rooster going away. Very frustrating. So much for that brilliant idea.  |
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Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:07 am
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| uncle dan- you thinking the temp had something to do with it or something else? |
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Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:12 pm
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| It was in the 50's, so it was likely something else. Longshot just isn't a good powder for light loads. I'm going to look for an effective and proven 2.5" bismuth recipe using universal. |
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Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:54 pm
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The 2.5" roll crimped cheddite 7/8oz ITX load I worked up with Universal is proving to be an excellent load -
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Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:13 pm
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| Wow, great pic and some nice hunting! |
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