Last weekend I loaded an ounce of steel BBB in ancient (blue) one ounce wads over 29 grains of Herco and tested them in my coach gun.

The good news:

My short coach gun barrels show no marks from steel at all smile and at 12 yards my loads absolutely destroyed a paper target. All 33 pellets were on paper in about an 18 inch group. That looks like a GREAT bedside home defense load.

BUT - the bad news is that at 25 yards not one pellet from both barrels touched a milk jug. NOT ONE PELLET!
I have no idea where they went! I suspect that I will need a BIG piece of cardboard to find out the 25 yard pattern.

Last edited by Mssgn; 01/30/15.
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