??? on measuring shot

[Mike Brooks]

Riley,
I think I have some old Blue and Gray plastic shotgun speed loaders if you want.
They are partitioned into powder and shot chambers.
Let me know, yea or nay.
John
PS, that is assuming I can find them in my big, ugly ol' chest of goodies.

Nah, Thanks John but I just liked the looks of those metal ones (somewhat traditional, supposedly)

All the originals I have personally handled were English.

[larryp]

you could use the typical adjustable brass slim powder measure to do both powder and shot, but i prefer an adjustable brass cup measure cause it's easier to load in the shot, and use the slim powder measure for only the powder.  also keeps the shot measure from getting corroded from the bp ...



Ounces of shot ~    Drams of black powder ~    Grains of black powder ~
1 oz.    ~ 2-1/2 drams ~ 68.35 grains
1-1/8 oz.   ~ 2-3/4 drams   ~ 75.19 grains
1-1/4 oz.   ~ 3 drams   ~ 82.02 grains
1-3/8 oz.   ~ 3-1/4 drams   ~ 88.58 grains
1-1/2 oz.   ~ 3-1/2 drams   ~ 95.69 grains

 I use one of those for my Chief's Grade trade gun. Works well, and fits in my shooting bag without taking up too much space.

[Ouchigan72]

Ended up making a shot measure out of some red oak I had laying around (will post pics once I get some taken). One side holds 60gr. -n- the other 50gr . Used my adjustable brass measure as guide ... used a drill bit of same size, taped off where the measure was on the bit -n- drilled to that depth.