Anyone try shooting 000 buckshot out of their 9,3X74R? Load up 6 000 shot and shoot like a 12 gauge. Perhaps a modified 9,3x62? Also could do 3 or 4 00 in a straight 223 case. Semi auto 00 buckshot machine in a AR 15 rifle, .33” diameter. Use 35 legend mags.

i'm sorry but I can make any sense out of your post. Punctuation and grammar matter. What are you trying to say? Are you making a statement or asking a question?

Now I kind of want to try this in the spring.


Not sure how many I could keep in the neck of a 74R.

I’m thinking something like Rrail Boss as a place to start.


It would be almost like a Gallery Load for double rifles.

Somewhere I saw (in a book) this done with a 45-70, if I remember correctly, they said functional range was quite short.

Nothing new with trying this.

Have at it. It is entertaining and a good way to use up some time.

I did.

But in the end you well find that various shotguns do the job better.

Maybe put some powder, then some Dacron and stuff full of 000. Get 6 balls in there with one crimped at the mouth. Shoot an ounce of shot hopefully about 1600 FPS to put some hurt on a pig or an intruder without over penetration. With such a narrow case, would you have to limit the shot to the neck?

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Originally posted by Longwalker:
i'm sorry but I can make any sense out of your post. Punctuation and grammar matter. What are you trying to say? Are you making a statement or asking a question?

I am asking if it has been done before. Seeing the possibility of using standard shot used in a rifle cartridge for a shotgun load out of straight-ish cases.

The 00-223 would be so bad ass. Might have to make some dummy rounds out of 35 Legend cases. 3, 00 shot per round would be a fascinating CQB round. 4 rounds would equal a 12 gauge round but in an AR15 with a barrel swap. A 20 round mag would equal 5, 12 gauge rounds but with more accurate placement.

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Originally posted by boom stick:
The 00-223 would be so bad ass. Might have to make some dummy rounds out of 35 Legend cases. 3, 00 shot per round would be a fascinating CQB round. 4 rounds would equal a 12 gauge round but in an AR15 with a barrel swap. A 20 round mag would equal 5, 12 gauge rounds but with more accurate placement.

Have at it.

I think you well be disappointed in the results

Nothing stopping you from doing it.

I read where some one did it out of a 458 Lott. Just a single ball. My old Lott die had the ghost neck. I never did try it.

Hornady 000 shot measures about .350. It would rattle down the bore of the 9.3X74R. Maybe paper patch? I had a friend who loaded No 1 shot in a .303 British. It was accurate at 30 yards for grouse and squirrels.

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Originally posted by Vol717:
Hornady 000 shot measures about .350. It would rattle down the bore of the 9.3X74R. Maybe paper patch? I had a friend who loaded No 1 shot in a .303 British. It was accurate at 30 yards for grouse and squirrels.

That’s frustrating that they are under sized. I wonder who makes true to spec 000 shot.

Although that opens up the possibility of Hornady single 000 shot out of a 348


A 000 buckshot should weigh 70 grains a piece. Might fly out at 4k fps out of a 348

Not a Buckshot load,,but I have been loading
9mm Makarov bullets (.366d) in my 9.3x74r DR for many yrs.
It shoots the R&L bbl to POA at 50m with the 200m blade sight up.
I use RedDot powder, a load of either 10 or 11gr,,I can't remember which w/o checking my reloading notes in with the dies.

Have been using Hornady 95gr JHP bullets.
I'm nearly out of them and they seem to be hard to find now like everything else on the shelves.
I'd like to try some cast lead just to see if the results would be the same.
Might try bumping up some 95gr cast 380acp bullets I seem to have around w/no 380 pistol.
Another project ...

Nice easy load on the shoulder and the rifle,,a German mfg from the late 20's.

Thanks for the data! I have a bullet design that could work superiorly as a shot and as a rifle bullet. I should get them made for testing