1 3/8 oz duplex loads.

I just loaded up 50 -2 3/4 1 3/8 oz -5 X 7 1/2 lead shells today, boy they look good.
I'm using Rio clear hulls and sp12 wad with 27 gr of 800X ,and fold crimp.It should be like a 1500 fps load. The lead shot , I loaded 400gr of #5 and 200 gr#7 1/2.I patterned this load last fall and was very happy with the results. It looks like a great Pheasant/sharptail load.I'm loading some 2 3/4" steel also. Fiocchi hulls ranger wads,1 oz #2 steel, and 34 gr "Steel" powder.

I just got in a bunch of Nickel plated #5's I'm going do some 3" shells for turkey and Big sage hens.


Edited by d4570

Irish Bird Dog wrote: ....so do you stack the shot by size top to bottom or how????

I put the 7 1/2 shot on the bottom it slows down faster when you shoot it the Patten Cone is double the small shot spreads out first and in back then the 5 shot out in front.It can make a bad shot look better if the small shot will kill the bird. For ducks when we could use lead I would use #5 and #2 shot. I'm going to do a steel duplex too, with #3 and #1 or BB