0 buckshot over 00??

Is there any advantage of 0 buck over the much easier to aquire 00 buckshot?? I was given a coffee can full of old loads and some of it was 0 super magnum Remington I think.....Chit kicks like a mule, is it superior to 00 or just another alternative??

a few more pellets,a slight bit smaller pellet than the 00 buckshot

If somebody gave me 0 or 00 I'd shoot it but if I'm going to be buying I'm going to buy #1 or #4 because of the increase in lead you get. There is much less wasted space with the smaller pellets.

I use #4 for HD (outdoor or longer distance) simply because of the larger number of projectiles - 32 IIRC - which are all approximately .35 cal. So one round of 2 3/4 #4 buckshot puts 32 9mm lead balls downrange. That's a lot.
For the indoor HD I still load birdshot: at close range it is devastating yet won't penetrate the walls with enough force to injure family members.

Scharfschütze wrote:I use #4 for HD (outdoor or longer distance) simply because of the larger number of projectiles - 32 IIRC - which are all approximately .35 cal. So one round of 2 3/4 #4 buckshot puts 32 9mm lead balls downrange. That's a lot.
For the indoor HD I still load birdshot: at close range it is devastating yet won't penetrate the walls with enough force to injure family members.

Ummm...... #4 is only about .24 caliber. 000 would be about .35 cal.

o god not another buckshot debat!!! lol

1 oz of buck shot is 437gr
there is roughly 21 pellets of #4 per ounce.. each pellet weights in at 21gr.
moving 1200 fps each pellet will impact with less than 70ftlbs
0 buck has roughly 9 pellets per oz.. each weight 48grs and will impact at 153ftlbs each

dont know if anyone here reloads shotty shells but get you #4 buck or some BB.. pour HOT wax in up to the top of the pellets.. redneck flight controll wad..... or roughly a 400gr frangible wad cutter lol

Brutus wrote:

Scharfschütze wrote:I use #4 for HD (outdoor or longer distance) simply because of the larger number of projectiles - 32 IIRC - which are all approximately .35 cal. So one round of 2 3/4 #4 buckshot puts 32 9mm lead balls downrange. That's a lot.
For the indoor HD I still load birdshot: at close range it is devastating yet won't penetrate the walls with enough force to injure family members.

Ummm...... #4 is only about .24 caliber. 000 would be about .35 cal.

Ha. Guess the answer to IIRC is "no" . . .

Beladran wrote:dont know if anyone here reloads shotty shells but get you #4 buck or some BB.. pour HOT wax in up to the top of the pellets.. redneck flight controll wad..... or roughly a 400gr frangible wad cutter lol

I have seen that. Nasty! A cut shell will make one hellofa mess as well.

Paul

http://www.css.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/cprc/tr/tr-1998-03.pdf

+1 on #4 buckshot. It's Baad news.