Muzzleloading shotgun

[Marc5000]

Hello,

Although I've been shooting muzzleloading rilfes for years, I have no experience with shotguns. I wonder if regular plastic wads (for shotshell reloading) would work well.

If for some reason regular 12 gauge plastic wads don't work well in muzzleloading shotguns... Does anyone know of a good on-line source for thick felt wads? (I hope that recommending websites is OK and not against any forum rules).

I'm planning on getting a 12 gauge muzzleloading shotgun. Plastic wads are easy to find at local stores, and are inexpensive. Felt wads are impossible to find locally.



Thank you,
Marc

 

[toytruck]

www.ballisticproducts.com

That should get you started. I had a 12 ga. System 1 shotgun and it was OK on squirrels and one turkey hen. You really don't need shotcups for small game, but if wads are hard to find then whatever works. I just used the shotcups for turkey and found out if you have a turkey choke you will have to remove it everytime you reload.

Hope you enjoy your shotgun and good luck!

 

[Anonymous]

Modern plastic wads usualy work pretty in good in muzzleloading shotguns, some produce exceptional patterns. Experimentation is in order!

If you are looking felt or hard card over-powder and/or over-shot cards most if not all of the wads that ballistic products sells are sized to fit inside a 12 gauge shotshell. They will be too small to do any good in your muzzleloading shotgun. www.rmcsports.com is a good source for muzzleloading shotgun wads.

 

[tooldog]

I shoot a Knight TK2000 shotgun and have had very good luck with plastic shotgun wads for turkey hunting. I use the Multi-Metal & TPS wads from Ballistic Products. I believe Midway USA also carries them.

tooldog

 

[Marc5000]

Thank you guys.

If using regular plastic shotshell wads, does the wad go directly on top of the powder (just like it would in a shotshell)? Or should there be an over powder card between powder and wad?



Thanks,
Marc

 

[toytruck]

Either way will work. If you use powder loads over 90 gr. a wad would help keep the heat off the shotcup. Most shotcups like sabots are made to withstand the heat/pressure of powder ignition. Try it both ways and go with the best accuracy/pattern results for your shotgun.