16ga.com ~ View topic - Wasn't paying attention and loaded the following:

Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 367

Rem GL hull, with W209, 20.2gr of Green Dot, SP16 Wad, & 1-1/8oz of #5 shot.

Loaded with MEC 600 Jr., and crimped NICELY.

Made six loads and fired thru M90. Recoil was nice and SMOKED the clays!

SO how bad is this load.

The powder should have been Longshot.

Did make some hulls up with Longshot and crimps are not as tight as the Greeen dot.

Constructive remarks welcomed.

I hope this is constructive. I would scour the spreadsheets for very similar loads. Barring finding a load that is the essentially the same ( a small variation in grains of powder would not bother me) I would send it in for testing and see how it pans out. $25 is cheap insurance.

*Last edited by skeettx on Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:14 am; edited 1 time in total*

Alliant manual ( Rev 7 - 96) shows only two 1 1/8 oz loads for Green Dot.

First in the Federal hull with SP16 wads. It is 19 grains and shows pressure of 10,600 psi.

Second in the Activ hulls with SP16 wads. It is 19 grains and shows pressure of 10,600 psi.

Mike

Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 1358 Location: Twin Cities, MN

Looks like you may be on the edge of safe pressures. Or above. I would not shoot or load any more until they are pressure tested.
Regards
Jeff

Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3177 Location: NCWa

Seems like #5 shot is a little bit bigger than I would consider to be needed for breaking clays. Smile

The load is over SAAMI MAP for sure, how far over is anyone's guess.

You can't tell much of anything in regards to felt recoil.

I wouldn't bother having it tested, unless you dropped the powder to about 17.0 grains of Green Dot.

Move on to your load with Longshot, it is a better powder choice of the payload weight.

I'm with DC for sure . Guns can take overloads to a point , but I'd take those apart and start over . GD can make a great field load in your arena , but not that much powder . We never talk about it much , but the best pheas / gun combo was a m12 , 16 , 26'' full and those old Rem 2/34 , 11/8 6 loads in my yute.

Member Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 601 Location: Virginia

Since you already shot up all the overloads and your gun is still intact, what do you want to know? Stick with the Longshot and be happy.

Dan

Member Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 602 Location: western pa

I'm in the habit of putting a piece of masking tape with the # of grains dropped and the powder name right on the powder canister on the loader. Even on loaders that I never change powders in. Takes the mystery out of it later on. The older I get, the less I like to rely on memory. Fred

Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3177 Location: NCWa

I think your little adventure into the unknown is a tribute to the durability of your M90. I suggest you count your blessings and not try it again. Otherwise, you might end up counting your fingers and coming up short. Shocked