I don't know how many of you bought the April edition of Rifle's Handloader Journal, but in it was a nice article by Mike Venturino about "Making and Testing Handgun Shotshells". He used a metal gas check between the powder and pellets, and an other on top of the pellets to create a homemade shotshell using 44 and 45 caliber (non-auto) revolver cartridges. A real snake killing load.
I realize he wrote the article but I thought someone reading this forum might also have some experience creating their own shotshells.
I went into Midway's website and found gas checks and it surely looks like an easy way to build a shotshell. (I haven't yet found the plastic type of pellet holder but it's probably there) The metal gas checks are more water resistant and probably take a good crimp, but I was wondering if it would work with something non-metallic?
Besides gas checks Midway also has: "Nitro-cards" and "Overshot-cards" (non-metallic dividers) for 410 shotguns. http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/bro...9315***11462***
Does anyone know whether these types of "wads" would also work to create a shotshell in a pistol cartridge?
I realize he wrote the article but I thought someone reading this forum might also have some experience creating their own shotshells.
I went into Midway's website and found gas checks and it surely looks like an easy way to build a shotshell. (I haven't yet found the plastic type of pellet holder but it's probably there) The metal gas checks are more water resistant and probably take a good crimp, but I was wondering if it would work with something non-metallic?
Besides gas checks Midway also has: "Nitro-cards" and "Overshot-cards" (non-metallic dividers) for 410 shotguns. http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/bro...9315***11462***
Does anyone know whether these types of "wads" would also work to create a shotshell in a pistol cartridge?