Those are some good looking turkeys! Do you have an idea of what would cause that load to have pressure problems? Can wads "bind up" in the barrel or cause them to stick more or is it more a problem with the choke and constriction at the muzzle?
For shotgun loading is there a "working the load up" phase, or ladder test, stepping up the load in increments watching for pressure? And I assume if there is a phase of working the charge up then that needs to be restarted from the lightest charge if components like wads or shot is changed?
Again, im going to get curious about this and im going to tinker around. What I really want is a home rolled 3" flight control wad 4buck and 2 3/4" flight control wad #2 TSS. Ive got a bunch of manuals on the way and Im going to be reading, improvising wont be the first thing I do but I need to learn all about this.
The way I see it, Ive got a 20" cylinder barrel I want tight patterns from, thats probably going to need chokes but I can test some stuff first. A dirt cheap local 12ga i could buy for $150 and strap to a tree stump and pull the trigger with a string.... It will cost me over $300 to drill my barrel for chokes and buy two chokes to start.... I can test and learn a lot more with the old tree stump gun, if I make a homemade flight control wad I really like, I can work up loads and even finish off by greasing the shells in the trash gun and if the gun survives that my beefy BPSs should be fine. Thats an idea for down the road but I really do like the idea of $150 on a trash gun and start experimenting compared to $300-$400 just for chokes.
