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Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons => General Interest => Topic started by: dbowling on January 22, 2016, 09:36:35 PM

Title: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: dbowling on January 22, 2016, 09:36:35 PM

can this be used in a .32 or would it have to literally be hammered down the bore.. bought a 5# bag of it today for 6.00..if not the .32 what can it be used in?

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: Bigsmoke on January 22, 2016, 10:07:58 PM

perchance a .31 cal revolver.
Or 9 of them in a 12 bore.

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: dbowling on January 22, 2016, 10:20:05 PM

thanks don't have a revolver but do have a 12 ga. flinter.. not really anything to shoot around here with 00 buck unless you tried it on really close range coyote...might try it in my .36 with a thick tight patch, might not be super accurate but might be groundhog head accurate.

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: doggoner on January 23, 2016, 01:46:30 PM

dbowling

FWIW,  000 buck is .350 and I shoot it in my .36 cal flinter with good results.  I should imagine the .330 with a VERY thick patch might work. Please post the results of your tests as other folks might be interested in your findings. Good luck in your tests.

doggoner

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: dbowling on January 23, 2016, 02:06:29 PM

will do as soon as it warms up enough to be bearable to shoot..

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 23, 2016, 02:21:09 PM

Quote from: "doggoner"

dbowling

FWIW,  000 buck is .350 and I shoot it in my .36 cal flinter with good results.  I should imagine the .330 with a VERY thick patch might work. Please post the results of your tests as other folks might be interested in your findings. Good luck in your tests.

doggoner

Yep, what he seez....
Anxious to hear how this works out because it is indeed an excellent question.
Keep us posted, please
Questions like this go a loooong way in helping the next guy, and that's what we're all about!
 

Uncle Russ...

Title: Re: .330 buckshot or 00buck
Post by: dbowling on January 24, 2016, 12:29:38 AM

just for the heck of it I took a .330 ball and some heavy pocket drill and could push it into the bore with very firm thumb pressure so looks like may work for a hunting load... needs some warmer weather to test the theory..