I gave this a go this winter and it worked excellent! I used 60 grains of FF black powder. For the shot cup I used a 50cal sabot. I put just a bit more shot into the cup past full and it weighed 150 grains. I bout 1\2" felt furniture pads from the dollar store to use as a wad over the shot cup and they worked perfect. I had it loaded for over two weeks while out rabbit hunting over two weekends and it worked excellent. Never found a critter to shoot but I did a little patterning with it on a couple pieces of lath out in the bush. At rabbit/grouse distance of about 12m it blew the lath apart and had a pattern of about 4". Can't wait for next fall to give it a go on grouse.
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