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Originally Posted by Larryjk
Skinny Shooter, The weights and measures table in Daniel Webster Collegiate Dictionary says a dram is equal to 27.343 grains. That multiplies out in my book at 82.029 grains for a 3 dram load. The guys at Hodgdon once told me to use about 80 grains of double F in a 12 gauge load. That sounds reasonable. Mr. 16 Gauge, drams are not listed in the volume tables, only weight.
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82 grains of any powder on one of those shells is about the equivalent of a bomb.
For a 1 1/8 oz. load at 1,200 fps I use 19.2 grains of Hogdon Clays in the Nitro hull, which is the same as the STS hull. 82 grains could possibly blow the gun up and I don't even think it would be possible to crimp that shell closed with that much powder and shot in it.
01-23-2010, 10:11 PM
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