20 Gauge buckshot?

allen griggs

I am trying to get some ammo for my brother.  Can't find this on GB.  They do make 20 gauge buckshot, don't they?

SCOUT5

The most common load is #3 buck.    It was fairly common but I don;t know about now.   

SCOUT5

I've shot a lot of this through the years.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/875176916

Seems priced pretty high, but I haven't bought any for awhile.

allen griggs

Number 3 buckshot?   That is some very small shot isn't it?   Oh well I guess it is better than the #8 that he has now.

SCOUT5

It's 25 caliber, 20 pellets in a shell

BobJudy

Most common seem to be #3 or #4. The bigger pellets don't stack well in a 20 gauge case. S&B used to make a #2 load but I haven't seen any in a while. Bob

SCOUT5

I've killed deer with #3 buck

select-fire

Shot my first Fox on a drive with #3

dreher

Luckily I have plenty of 20 gauge buckshot as I bought most of what I have over the last 4 or 5 years.  I did score 3 boxes (of 5) several months ago but buckshot is even more scarce than 5.56, at least around here.

truthful

When I was a 15 yr old kid, I hunted deer with a 20ga and buckshot. Thankfully, my Dad advised me to load the first round as a slug. The 20ga buckshot just bounced off the deer.

Sig220_Ruger77

It's not buckshot, but this stuff is interesting. I'm going to test it out on paper, this week sometime.

Jon

shootuadeal

Here you go.

BobJudy

Sig220_Ruger77 said:

It's not buckshot, but this stuff is interesting. I'm going to test it out on paper, this week sometime.

Jon

That stuff looks interesting. The payload is twice the weight of the old standby 5/8 ounce foster style slug. Slower than most slugs but if it keeps the two balls somewhere near each other I bet it is devastating. Let us know how your test goes, I might be interested in some of those myself. Bob

redneckandy

SCOUT5 said:

I've shot a lot of this through the years.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/875176916

Seems priced pretty high, but I haven't bought any for awhile.

Ugh, over $3 a round..

Nanuq907

That stuff looks interesting. The payload is twice the weight of the old standby 5/8 ounce foster style slug. Slower than most slugs but if it keeps the two balls somewhere near each other I bet it is devastating

I shoot that in 12ga. with two bigger balls that travel together nicely.  By 30 yards they tear a hole 5" by 2" through a target.  Devastating rounds.

Mobuck

For use inside a house, it doesn't make much diff what shot size is used unless the target is wearing 4 layers of heavy clothing. If that's a possibility, aim for the face or knee.

allen griggs

That is very interesting sig220.   Two .58 round balls with a muzzle velocity of 1,200 fps.
And at 25 yards they are hitting a few inches apart.
I have killed lots of hogs and deer with a patched round ball.   I have three muzzleloaders that I have hunted with.
This is a .490 round ball with a mv of about 1,200 fps and it is just devastating on big game. 
A single .58 round ball would have much more energy than the .490
  The foot pounds of energy of two of those would be something else.   At that close range you could take on the biggest game in North America such as a moose, with a lung shot he wouldn't get far.
I sent that info to my brother that is very interesting to an old time muzzleloading hunter like me.

SCOUT5

redneckandy said:

SCOUT5 said:

I've shot a lot of this through the years.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/875176916

Seems priced pretty high, but I haven't bought any for awhile.

Ugh, over $3 a round..

Yep, I wouldn't buy at that price, or even close to it, I was just showing Allen what it was.