islandgun Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Given the difficulty of sourcing components for ten bores and having plenty of reloading stuff for 12 bore. I was wondering if anyone had experience of the little skeeters type of inserts [or similar] it would be light home loads, non ejector, say 3#s lead and bismuth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) I’ve got a couple of twelve and twenty bore inserts for my single barrel ten. The twenty bore inserts are thicker and sturdier than the twelves. Both after firing need their shells poked out with a section of cleaning rod. I’ve only used them on clays but they demolish them when they connect. Not patterned them as it was just to allow cheap use of the ten to keep familiar with it just checked ,they are little Skeeters Any time I enquired about getting a couple knocked up in uk I was told two bores down for the insert ie largest would be 16 bore for a 10 bore so sourced them in USA Edited December 20, 2023 by Konor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 a good lathe operator could turn out what you want surely ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 i have the full set of gauge mates,inserts and they are very good they pattern very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Right thanks for that, I think you can get the little skeeters sent of from the U.S. liking the idea of having them made over here, will look into it. Konor What sort do you have and do you know if they are available over here. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 They are little skeeters I had to send for mine from USA ordered from their website. I might have a couple of spare twelves in a box somewhere as I ordered 6 ,two twenties and four twelves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 31 minutes ago, Konor said: I’ve got a couple of twelve and twenty bore inserts for my single barrel ten. The twenty bore inserts are thicker and sturdier than the twelves. Both after firing need their shells poked out with a section of cleaning rod. I’ve only used them on clays but they demolish them when they connect. Not patterned them as it was just to allow cheap use of the ten to keep familiar with it just checked ,they are little Skeeters Any time I enquired about getting a couple knocked up in uk I was told two bores down for the insert ie largest would be 16 bore for a 10 bore so sourced them in USA blimey, the walls on 10g to 12g must be thin, think there's only about 1mm difference between the two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Islandgun I’ve unearthed the spare 12 bore inserts if you are interested in them. Salmo on here did me a great favour in selling me some ten bore cartridges a while back and took me out on a duck flight so in the spirit of passing that kindness forwards if you dm me your details I will send them up to you 2 minutes ago, old'un said: blimey, the walls on 10g to 12g must be thin, think there's only about 1mm difference between the two? They are thin much like a brass cased cartridge but have worked fine for me. The only hassle is having to poke out the shells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Konor said: Islandgun I’ve unearthed the spare 12 bore inserts if you are interested in them. Salmo on here did me a great favour in selling me some ten bore cartridges a while back and took me out on a duck flight so in the spirit of passing that kindness forwards if you dm me your details I will send them up to you They are thin much like a brass cased cartridge but have worked fine for me. The only hassle is having to poke out the shells what material are they made from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Someone must be providing the components; I came across a 12 bore Krieghoff on GT with inserts for various bores, complete with chokes for each one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, old'un said: what material are they made from? They are made of aluminium. Google search shows that they are available from brownells u.k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 5 hours ago, Konor said: Islandgun I’ve unearthed the spare 12 bore inserts if you are interested in them. Salmo on here did me a great favour in selling me some ten bore cartridges a while back and took me out on a duck flight so in the spirit of passing that kindness forwards if you dm me your details I will send them up to you They are thin much like a brass cased cartridge but have worked fine for me. The only hassle is having to poke out the shells Brilliant, very good of you, DM on its way. cheers IG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 You’re welcome IG I’ll let you know when I get them sent off, probably after Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 Just now, Konor said: You’re welcome IG I’ll let you know when I get them sent off, probably after Christmas Great stuff, no rush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 17 hours ago, Scully said: Someone must be providing the components; I came across a 12 bore Krieghoff on GT with inserts for various bores, complete with chokes for each one! They are not sending reloading components from the u.s. so for more obscure bores 10 or 28 eg wads and nitro cards are not available. But still available for 12 g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Konor Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 On 20/12/2023 at 22:56, islandgun said: Great stuff, no rush Posted the little skeeters off to you this morning ,I’ll dm the tracker number to you ,have a good Christmas👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Konor said: Posted the little skeeters off to you this morning ,I’ll dm the tracker number to you ,have a good Christmas👍 Brilliant, Father Christmas does exist.....despite what my kids said........thanks very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) You’re more than welcome as I said I’m passing forward a kindness that Salmo did for me in selling me some ten bore cartridges and taking me out on a duck flight a couple of years back. I hope they turn out to be useful for you Edited December 23, 2023 by Konor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Konor said: You’re more than welcome as I said I’m passing forward a kindness that Salmo did for me in selling me some ten bore cartridges and taking me out on a duck flight a couple of years back. I hope they turn out to be useful for you In the spirit of what goes around comes around i will be on the lookout for a worthy PW member in need..😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hafod Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 I turned my own on the lathe out of mild steel they were quite substantial 12 to 410 and 12 to 20 bore a pair of each I machined them so they were 8 inches long not to difficult to do if you can use a lathe they worked great , the 410 especially shot great patterns at 30 yards the 20 bore wasn't to bad though alas both pairs went with the lamber o/u when i sold it 10 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 49 minutes ago, hafod said: I turned my own on the lathe out of mild steel they were quite substantial 12 to 410 and 12 to 20 bore a pair of each I machined them so they were 8 inches long not to difficult to do if you can use a lathe they worked great , the 410 especially shot great patterns at 30 yards the 20 bore wasn't to bad though alas both pairs went with the lamber o/u when i sold it 10 years ago The same as me ,I turned 2 out off brass 4" long for 12 to 20 bore and 2 out of steel 8" long for 12 to 410 with a o'ring groove to centre it in the bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 hello, Thomas Turner use to sell the 12G / 410 adapter , not sure if they still do as i had a wanted ad on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 17 hours ago, Andy H said: The same as me ,I turned 2 out off brass 4" long for 12 to 20 bore and 2 out of steel 8" long for 12 to 410 with a o'ring groove to centre it in the bore. You made the same type as me then mine were exactly the same with the O ring groove to centre in the barrel they were brilliant I was called everything on here by some people when I said I had made them I was told it was illegal , they had to be sent for proof testing they had to have serial no,s , and be entered on a certificate i was a tight **** as cartridges were cheap etc etc you know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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