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The old card wad formulas were short on specifics. They did not specify hull or primer. They generally gave powder type, powder charge, and shot charge. for wad they just said nitro over powder wad an ...

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29JAN08 Rabbitdog traced this problem to a different root. His solution may not be best practices but a gunsmith could probably come up with a more robu ...

The absence of any published pressure test tables for 16 gauge loads indicating any dangerous pressure deviations for 1 ounce loads at or below 1200 FPS may reflect that nobody would publish such a lo ...

Ideal handbook 38 from 1951 is posted on line by New Zealand Handloaders Association. It is a non too sharp PDF image and somewhat specific to the the tools that Ideal made but it gives the general id ...

You could try the old fiber wad and nitro card loads. they are contemporary with those paper hulls and both Ballistic Products and Precision Reloading have the materials.

I got out the old Speer ma ...

To elaborate my opinion.
Shotguns have mechanisms to block the breach end of the barrel.
Blocking the breach end of the barrel cause the pressure from the expanding hot gasses from the detonating pr ...

I did not recommend 8,000 as maximum PSI.
If maximum service life is achieved at a particular pressure, it follows that other than maximum service life is achieved at other pressures. The use of the ...

Consider:
"Fact: SAMI MAP is the maximum average pressure that your firearm should see to deliver the maximum service life of the firearm."
That implies that changes in pressure change ser ...

I said nothing about hulls.

You are answering a question that nobody has asked.

Gun parts experience wear. People who make guns know that gun parts experience wear. At question is, do difference ...

I like facts.
I like numbers.
What would you have to do to prove that in a system of moving parts that lock together to block one end of a shotgun barrel to contain pressure so as to drive something ...

"high pressure or high recoil"
The word or is a disjunction.

I am not worried about blowing up a modern gun in good condition.
I would not pointlessly pummel my guns with high pressure or high recoil loads any more than I would drive my car around town with th ...

That leaves us at the root of the problem. WST is a poor match for 16 gauge. Be patient. The reloading supplies drought will not last forever. If you can’t buy or borrow 16 gauge ammo or reloading sup ...

This is not a good load, it is a marginal load. The margin in question is the upper SAMI pressure limit. The attention to detail will have to be exacting. Weigh every shot and powder charge. Duplicate ...