04Jeep,

My son has a 12 bore NE from TC with the same cylinder bore and he has harvested many turkeys with it using #5 shot. Our not so modern method of loading is using plain old cardboard for wads. (just like the late V.M. Star did) I cut the wads from old shoe boxes, tablet backers, and really like the waxed pasteboard milk jugs. I use a 3/4" gasket cutter to punch out the wads. We simply dump the powder put 2 layers of old non sexy card board on the powder then dump the shot and use 1 layer of the old fashioned card board over the shot. I know this is not store bought fancy plastic wad or thin plastic over shot cap.

This system works in my 12 bore Modified choke barrel that I fitted to my Hopkins and Allen under hammer also.

We use the above system with both Black and Pyrodex powders. Never have shot T7 and have no intention of ever trying it. Have lots of Black and Pyrodex in storage.

We also use 4 oz Elmer Glue bottles for both powder and shot flasks. empty the glue rinse wash and dry, remove the label, then cut the very end from the spout leaving the raised plastic ring. This will allow you to use the original orange cap to snap back on the spout. These fit perfectly in your coat or shirt breast pockets and are very handy to pour from. I have one I use with rifles that has a chaulk bottle cap/spout on it, this is a little smaller in diameter for poring powder into a small measure, but the original glue spout is hard to beat. I have used this same bottles for more than 20 years.

Just happened to realize my cardboard wads are very modern, our ancestors/ for fathers, hunters of the past, the great people that gave us the freedoms we have today, didn't have any cardboard to use or make wads from. Wow, I just realized how modern I am!