Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Researcher,

Thanks for those ads. Kinda neat that they used practically the same text to describe the brush load 14 years later.

BTW, I know I've seen a cutaway illustration of Remington's scatterload with the 3 disks, but don't have one. Maybe I saw it on the box and not in a brochure? Can you post a pic?
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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

Post by eightbore »

Mike, I have seen the three discs, but not the X wad in the Winchester shell. The three discs would be a pain to load at home, impossible on a PW 800B. The PC Post loads on a PW 800B just like a regular wad because there is a hole in the wad ram.
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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Bill,

I was thinking of the 3 disc scenario just for historical reference. I don't think it would hold a candle to just about any other version of spreader. I did try a few of those post wads (never fattened the post as you do), along with the X chambers, and a piece of soda straw. They all worked to some extent, but I settled on the Polywad Spred-R disc with 1/8 ounce loaded on top.

When you think about it, it's not surprising that setting off an explosion and throwing 400 pellets in the air gives a pretty pretty random result. Choke boring, followed by the shot cup, did a pretty amazing job of giving us some control of that helter-skelter event... virtually all patterns have a center core. Then, we go and add something to disrupt that center core. The layering technique ( 1/16, 1/8, 3/16 ounce on top of a Polywad disc) seems to offer some "control" of that core disruption. My spreaders....

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I think we're in agreement that an evening spent making a season's worth of spreaders is not a high price to pay. I've never used a PW, but it sounds pretty convenient for use with the post wad. I load the PW discs on my 9000G and, whereas a regular box of shells requires 3 minutes to load, I can load a box of spreaders in 4 minutes.
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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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I too confess to owning a tarted up SW. I too would not have it any other way, as it is not only purty, but I can occasionally hit something with it. Where I part with Mike is this beaver pond talk. I do hope that Mike decides to toss that beauty my way when he retires, to hell with the beavers! :D
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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Mike, not to get away from the subject, that picture is absolutely beautiful! The composition, lighting, arrangement, etc. is stunning.

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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Well, thanks for the kind words, Dalgo! I do enjoy putting together still life pics.
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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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It shows. Well done!

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Re: Custom 20 Ga SW Project in Future?

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Regarding spreader loads, I buy RST spreaders and use them in a tight-choked 16GA Fox A grade to good effect. I find that I shoot the right barrel three to one over the left barrel, so the next time I order a few flats, it will be all spreaders. I have enough regular ammo in all shot sizes to last quite a few years for the left barrel.
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