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I watched a Dave Canterbury video on YouTube in which he reloaded spent shells with black powder and steel bb's. He fired the shell with a modern break action shotgun on a bird target with decent results at 15 yards.
This is my attempt at recreating the black powder shell. I used an old shell that was previously loaded with a slug.
I popped the primer and seated a new one. Then I cut the excess plastic off the tip of the high brass shell. They are now ready to reload.
Dave used 100 grains of 2f. I decided that was a bit much I scaled my recipe down to 60 grains of 2f. I measured the powder added to the shell and then I cut a patch from an old black t shirt and placed that on top of the charge. I tamped it all down. Using my volumetric powder scale I filled it with crosman bb's to 70 grains. I added that on top of the wad and once in place I toped it with another t shirt wad to hold down the bb's. Finally I cut a piece of card board and put it on top.
Everything is solid I thought of adding some Elmer's glue to the cardboard. I'll see how it performes.
Here are some pics. I also wanted to mention Dave used a single shot break action shotgun. I have a pump. I do not want the shell contents to come loose in the tube. So to simulate a break action single shot I will be loading a single shell at a time from the top directly into the breach. I would not recommend loading the tube or magazine with these things. Unless you want to crimp.
My only concern is that the contents in my shell are shorter than the plastic because I am not using a cup. I don't think it will be an issue perhaps someone with more experience can answer that question.
This is my attempt at recreating the black powder shell. I used an old shell that was previously loaded with a slug.
I popped the primer and seated a new one. Then I cut the excess plastic off the tip of the high brass shell. They are now ready to reload.
Dave used 100 grains of 2f. I decided that was a bit much I scaled my recipe down to 60 grains of 2f. I measured the powder added to the shell and then I cut a patch from an old black t shirt and placed that on top of the charge. I tamped it all down. Using my volumetric powder scale I filled it with crosman bb's to 70 grains. I added that on top of the wad and once in place I toped it with another t shirt wad to hold down the bb's. Finally I cut a piece of card board and put it on top.
Everything is solid I thought of adding some Elmer's glue to the cardboard. I'll see how it performes.
Here are some pics. I also wanted to mention Dave used a single shot break action shotgun. I have a pump. I do not want the shell contents to come loose in the tube. So to simulate a break action single shot I will be loading a single shell at a time from the top directly into the breach. I would not recommend loading the tube or magazine with these things. Unless you want to crimp.
My only concern is that the contents in my shell are shorter than the plastic because I am not using a cup. I don't think it will be an issue perhaps someone with more experience can answer that question.