Originally Posted By: BubbaChickenI have a shotshell press I am considering bolting up, and have ability to cast lead ball of varying sizes, from .30 caliber all the way up to .69 caliber. I am considering using it for varying things, but IIRC I cannot use it on yotes here with anything that big stuffed into the shell.
I have wads, powder, primers, the press, and dies, but is it likely that some T shot or smaller (without getting the 7 1/2 trap load that is so much more affordable locally) can be made through casting or one of the drip casting units, or am I better off just sticking to my .45 Auto for up close yotes? I sure would like to figure a way out that did not involve paying a dollar or two every time I pulled the trigger on my shotgun.
Also, is it true that altering the payload content, yet keeping the weight of total lead the same, will make a difference in the pressures? I have a shot loading manual (Lyman Shotshell Reloading Handbook), but it does not go deeply into homemade shot of the sizes I need (the middle sizes), and specifies various recipes for loaded shells, but none are from home cast pellets. I am considering BB's (such as used in a Daisy air rifle), but I am not sure they are appropriate, nor if they are legal, for use in a shotshell.
On part of your questions, I know a recent thread here divulged that BB gun BB's like the Daisy's are plated steel shot, not lead, and are NOT appropriate for coyote size game.
