Practicing with your shotgun (Doc Shapiro?)

[Knuckles]

This question is very everyone but also Doc Shapiro specifically.

When y'all practice shotgun at home (if you do), what do you use for practice shells?   Just empty, spent shells?  I find that with my double barrel Stoeger, the flared edges stick.   My SnapCaps are too heavy.

I've watched Doc Shapiro's videos speed-loading that double-barrel and wanted to dry fire practice at home too!

[Doc Shapiro]

I made up full weight dummy shells.  They work great with a SxS, but leave you with a slightly mistaken impression of how they come out  .  However, I found that using full weight shells makes a world of difference for the loading part.

If you don't have a shotshell press, you can do it very carefully with a mallet, dowel, and board.  You'll need a roll crimper though and you'll have to trim the hulls a little. 

Materials: full size pencil eraser refills (office supply store).  Winchester Pink wad. Ounce of shot. Overshot card (http://www.circlefly.com), empty hull.

Punch out the primer,
Seat the wad,
Pour in the shot,
Put in the overshot card,
Crimp.
Fill the primer hole with the pencil eraser and trim flush.

There ya go!

Doc

[Micheal Fortune]

I use empties that have been fired from that gun.  Cut the end of them off to make them regular length.

I only use these for a few shots as I don't want to hurt the firing pins.

Wish someone would make up snap caps this way......

I pratice by watching Doc's video!   Thanks Doc.

One thing I did try, my scatergun is old and the chambers a little scored and uneven, I took a brake hone, a little oil and a drill motor and slicked them up a bit.  Not to much mind you just enough to take the rough edges off and make the shells slide out easier.

[Knuckles]

Doc,
What do you think of Team Fireball Repetition practice rounds for practice?

http://www.teamfireballcustomproducts.com/RR%20page.htm

[Doc Shapiro]

They ought to work fine, though I've never actually seen 'em.

Doc