Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Hi everyone, this is my first post so please be gentle, and apologies if this has already been covered.

 

 

I have recently decided to load my own 20guage cartridges, i have read the lyman 5th edition book (which covers mainly the american market i have found out) and got my self a lee loadall press. I am struggling to find load data which covers fibre wads, plenty for plastic, but they aren't any good in a field where cows/sheep will eat them. I have some Eley Vip Game cartridges once fired 70mm cases. i would mainly be shooting at pigeons/corvids with these loads, if anyone can point me in the right direction or give me some load data this would be much appreciated.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Clay and Game, Hull. They do components and load data. (they charge a small-ish fee for data sheets)

#### (just type it into your browser). They also sell components, and have some data free on their website (20 bore fibre on there, including some subsonic loads)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest cookoff013

Hi everyone, this is my first post so please be gentle, and apologies if this has already been covered.

 

 

I have recently decided to load my own 20guage cartridges, i have read the lyman 5th edition book (which covers mainly the american market i have found out) and got my self a lee loadall press. I am struggling to find load data which covers fibre wads, plenty for plastic, but they aren't any good in a field where cows/sheep will eat them. I have some Eley Vip Game cartridges once fired 70mm cases. i would mainly be shooting at pigeons/corvids with these loads, if anyone can point me in the right direction or give me some load data this would be much appreciated.

good for you!

 

Clay and Game, Hull. They do components and load data. (they charge a small-ish fee for data sheets)

#### (just type it into your browser). They also sell components, and have some data free on their website (20 bore fibre on there, including some subsonic loads)

i would like to recommend john at FES.

 

what load will you be shooting ? 28grams or 24grams?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

how does this load sound? Fiocchi 616 primer, 14 grains Vectan A1, 4mm overpowder card, 16mm fibre wad, 28g no6 shot.

It sounds exactly like the c&g 20 gauge subsonic load, there are much better out there.

 

John at FES has published six of my proofed 20 gauge loads, one of which is a 28gram fibre load using 21grains of vectan A0. There are others on his site too along with well priced components.

 

http://www.####.co.uk/loads1.htm

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest cookoff013

where did you get your data?

 

20-70

686

1.25grams vectan A1

wad?

28grams lead

365m/s

750bar

 

20-70

684

1.48 grams vectan A0

wad?

28grams lead

400m/s

760bar

 

these are straight from noblesport;

 

14grains seems awfully low....


*cheers andy*

my 20gauge knowlege is pretty poor, but that 14grain load looked unusable

Link to comment
Share on other sites

where did you get your data?

 

20-70

686

1.25grams vectan A1

wad?

28grams lead

365m/s

750bar

 

20-70

684

1.48 grams vectan A0

wad?

28grams lead

400m/s

760bar

 

these are straight from noblesport;

 

14grains seems awfully low....

*cheers andy*

 

my 20gauge knowlege is pretty poor, but that 14grain load looked unusable

 

They are very close to pressure limits. I would be very cautious.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...