AWESOME !!!

 

Cheeriloads ......

Another item that could work well...Styrofoam BB's

Cheerios will mash to dust.....The Styrofoam will compress but not go to dust as easily.....

Fun workaround.....

 

I did the same thing when I went to 3/4 one in 12 Ga, I have thousands of 7/8 ounce wads, I passed on styrofoam, because it does not break down, the cheerio works great. Your reload looks just fine.



cdb

 

I once found 5,000 airsoft pellets and they work well also.

 

That's been my solution too.

 

Although I have not tried it, I have also heard of using a single raw pinto bean in shot cup to take up space. As long as you start out with pressures below 10K, I don't see how you could hurt anything.

However OP, your solution is much more digestible!

 

I did that for years (and said so on SGW) until Claybuster came out with their 3/4oz wad for both 12 and 20. It does a great job in a pinch, and should hold you over nicely until you buy some 3/4 wads.

 

If I posted those pictures on SGW there would be that one guy who would put red circles with arrows pointing out what he thinks I did wrong with others saying how great he is.

 

Bio degradable is probably a good thing....

 

I went the route of the 3/4 ounce wad for 20 gauge for a while. They work very well.
It just seemed to me that I liked my 28 gauge gun more than my 20.
Sold the 20 and put the 20 gauge Grabber, hulls and wads on the shelf.
I may get another 20 gauge gun someday.

 

I live in quail plantation country, so the 28 is THE gun of choice; especially a double gun that weighs 6 or less.

 

That’s my next step. Either a 28 or a .410

 

I've been a big fan of the 20 gauge for most of my life, and also the .410. Never owned a 28 gauge and only shot 5 rounds through one in my life. I like the 28, but it's so close to the 20 that it doesn't seem to make much difference to me.

 

That was my thinking also. Plus once fired hulls are laying on the ground ready for pickup and most 28 gauges I looked over are built on 20 gauge frames so what the point?

 

Cheerios work great. I've been using them for a long time.

 

Dickinson Estate 28/410 combo and Beretta SP 687 28/410 combos are both built on 28 gauge scaled frames. The baby frame Beretta is only 1/10” narrower than the 20 gauge.
Browning Citori 28’s are built on 20 gauge frames.

 

Any sporting guns?

 

Browning 28 gauge(410 also) Ultra XS and 725 . Are built on 20 gauge frames. My XS was/is considered a "Sporting "model.
The 725 is currently available in "Sporting" models.

 

Browning 28 gauge(410 also) Ultra XS and 725 . Are built on 20 gauge frames. My XS was considered a "Sporting "model.
The 725 is currently available in "Sporting" models.

My 20 gauge XS is also the sporting model; weighs right at 7#-6oz - great for sporting but way too heavy to schlep up and down hills/mountains after birds

 

This is the one I shot and it's on a 28 gauge frame.

Rizzini USA | Fine Italian Shotguns

www.rizziniusa.com

 

One of the first things I consider when buying a double for hunting is whether it is built on a frame size appropriate for the gauge. Anything else is just a cheaper way to manufacture a smaller gauge.

Building a smaller gauge gun on a frame size that is for a larger gauge also requires adjustments made in the corresponding mating surfaces of the barrels to the frame and sometimes even the ribs that join the barrels. Again, not what I want in a true upland gun.

On a target gun it is probably an advantage to have the larger, heavier frame size.

 

The only one I would disagree on are those 16 that were built on a SMALLER frame - the 20. That makes them sweet to carry all day

 

Have you tried Captain Crunch cereal?
Tony the Tiger said, it works GREAT!
Give it to Mikey, he'll reload anything.
Corn Pops are a generic name.
Mikey

 

Honey Nut Cheerios will leave a pleasant scent upon firing............

 

I use plain old cheerios, I don't want to spoil the critters that clean up the field

cdb

 

Only cheap $2 a box Aldi fare for me.
I have already gone through a whole box and am on the half box of whole wheat cheerios my wife refuses to finish off.
What a mess separating shot from compacted cereal in my mistakes.
Think I’ll skip trying to burn through all the 7/8 oz. wads and cut my loses by buying 3/4 oz wads.
On the plus side my barrels seem well fed.

 

I keep trying to tell people to use Captain Crunch cereal.
Mike

 

Hope the game warden don't check your shells, he will nail you for baiting!!!

 

That last time I checked Captain Crunch was not on the DNR bait list and Cowbirds are not a game animal. Just don't load apple cores in your 12-gauge, cause you're going to hell for that one.
Mike

 

Old fashioned popcorn works too and doesn’t crush like Cheerio’s. Use it in some 28 ga loads.
Strangely it doesn’t “pop” when you fire!

 

Coco Puffs and Captain Crunch works too.
I tried Lucky Charms, don't you believe it, I still missed targets.
Mike