RookieGoons
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Hello all,
About six months ago, I bought a 50-pack of .715 roundballs from trackofthewolf, along with 10012 gauge hulls to have some fun with my American Pioneer Powder in my shotgun. All I did was cut down the shells, pour 3 drams of powder, packed the ball on top and hot glued it to the sides of the shell. Those rounds worked well, so well that I got around to buying 50 more roundballs for the rest of the hulls I had laying around.
When I made the original 50 rounds, I recall being concerned that I could hear powder rattling when I jiggle the completed shell. I assume that around the sides of the ball, the powder isn't fully packed, and there is just a little bit of air space there. Just to clarify, I made a little image:
If I recall correctly, I did nothing to fix this in the original batch, and fired the first few rounds remotely, with the gun in a rig, just to be sure. It ran just fine then, and I feel like it'll run fine with these new rounds. I did something special this time around, where I turned some test shells upside down while seating the ball, to help fill in the space. The rattling has definitely been reduced, but not eliminated entirely.
Has anyone run into an issue like this before? Could this cause damage to my gun? Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I just want to make sure
Thanks in advance guys,
Andy
About six months ago, I bought a 50-pack of .715 roundballs from trackofthewolf, along with 10012 gauge hulls to have some fun with my American Pioneer Powder in my shotgun. All I did was cut down the shells, pour 3 drams of powder, packed the ball on top and hot glued it to the sides of the shell. Those rounds worked well, so well that I got around to buying 50 more roundballs for the rest of the hulls I had laying around.
When I made the original 50 rounds, I recall being concerned that I could hear powder rattling when I jiggle the completed shell. I assume that around the sides of the ball, the powder isn't fully packed, and there is just a little bit of air space there. Just to clarify, I made a little image:
If I recall correctly, I did nothing to fix this in the original batch, and fired the first few rounds remotely, with the gun in a rig, just to be sure. It ran just fine then, and I feel like it'll run fine with these new rounds. I did something special this time around, where I turned some test shells upside down while seating the ball, to help fill in the space. The rattling has definitely been reduced, but not eliminated entirely.
Has anyone run into an issue like this before? Could this cause damage to my gun? Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I just want to make sure
Thanks in advance guys,
Andy