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Member Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 1545 Location: Michigan

It's not a 16 gauge, but here's a picture of me shooting ZZ Birds. At the U.P. Shoot, with my 10 gauge Damascus Parker. With Black Powder loads.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

I'd like to give that a try--Both the zz birds and a blackpowder shotgun Wink

The zz birds are a hoot and watching Dave shoot his BP shotgun just added a lot of mosquito clearing to the ring.

The smell of BP is something to savor.

It was fun.

Mike

glad you posted the photo

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Most of by bp shotguns are that other slightly larger ga, but recently found a Spanish 16 S x S. Cleanup and test fire pending.

rayb

Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 56 Location: tulsa

I just started loading black powder shotgun shells. I will probably expand to 16 ga later, but for now I have been playing with 20 ga all brass hulls using APP black powder substitute. So far the results have been mixed. The fun is there, but I found out why I was missing to much. The first batch had 1 oz shot using a lee dipper and then the same dipper full of APP. I finally put them over the chronograph and found them going less than 800 fps. I loaded one with the 1 1/8 dipper and barely got it over 800. I tried using them up on skeet station 1 and 7 and when I missed the high 7 on the double I had a built in mistake. I could not see the bird through the smoke from shooting the low 7 first. That is my story and I am sticking with it. I hope to be able to kick up the velocity closer to what I am used to. Great fun for a change, but I don't think by kkeet buddies liked wearing some of my shells floating debris..