Topic: 16ga For Sporting Clays |
DanLee
Replies: 22
Views: 1798 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:58 pm Subject: 16ga For Sporting Clays |
I shoot skeet, trap, and sporting clays with my 16-gauge Citori White Lightning. Never have felt handicapped with it, and I reload shot weights of 3/4, 7/8, and 1 oz respectively for the three games. ... |
Topic: 7/8 oz. loads, with a few 3/4 oz. loads thrown in. |
DanLee
Replies: 37
Views: 4206 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:09 am Subject: 7/8 oz. loads, with a few 3/4 oz. loads thrown in. |
I load 7/8 oz in the SG-16 wad and drop a 28-gauge overshot card on top of the shot. Flattens the crimp and has no effect on patterns that I can see. Much easier than stuffing a filler in the wad. |
Topic: Winchester Super X Hulls |
DanLee
Replies: 2
Views: 1302 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:00 pm Subject: Winchester Super X Hulls |
I think the silver colored bases are actually zinc coated steel. A magnet will tell. Winchester made a bunch of those at their own plant back in the 1990s after they dropped the compression formed h ... |
Topic: Available powders for low-pressure loads |
DanLee
Replies: 10
Views: 2326 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:49 am Subject: Available powders for low-pressure loads |
My source tells me alliant does not make powders.
Alliant makes powders at their Radford, VA, plant. Some rifle powders are outsourced, but AFAIK all their shotgun powders are made in house. |
Topic: Recoil Pad for Citori |
DanLee
Replies: 2
Views: 2217 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:58 pm Subject: Recoil Pad for Citori |
My 2021 White Lightning came with a 1/2" thick Iside, which I replaced with a 1" Iside. Got it from Browning cheaper than Midwest. |
Topic: 2.75 in hulls |
DanLee
Replies: 10
Views: 1976 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:29 am Subject: 2.75 in hulls |
A thin 28-gauge overshot card dropped on top of the shot before the crimp starter station will take care of your problem. |
Topic: Anyone try Alliant 20/28 powdwer for the 16 ga? |
DanLee
Replies: 15
Views: 3150 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:34 pm Subject: Anyone try Alliant 20/28 powdwer for the 16 ga? |
Alliant says 20/28 produces the same pressure as Unique by charge weight. It was formulated to be more dense because when Winchester went to HS hulls in the 28 gauge, they were shorter and the normal ... |
Topic: Slug barrels on ebay. |
DanLee
Replies: 2
Views: 858 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:52 pm Subject: Slug barrels on ebay. |
Hmm. Now I wonder about my 1100 barrel. It's the right length at 21" and has rifle sights, but it's also marked MOD. It does have some choke, according to my crude measurements with a micromet ... |
Topic: 16ga holiday give away |
DanLee
Replies: 50
Views: 7631 |
Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:26 pm Subject: 16ga holiday give away |
1, as in Numbah Won. |
Topic: Activ hulls and longshot |
DanLee
Replies: 5
Views: 939 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:52 pm Subject: Activ hulls and longshot |
Activs had more volume than any other available hull. I use data for Federal hulls in the Activs. Even then the crimps are usually dished a bit. |
Topic: Some loads I sent through the Chrony |
DanLee
Replies: 13
Views: 2171 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:50 pm Subject: Some loads I sent through the Chrony |
I have been shooting 3/4 oz of shot using Clays powder. A 28 gauge fiber wad in the shot cup takes up the needed space using an SG-16 wad. Nice cloud of fiber feathers to commemorate a broken clay p ... |
Topic: Tubes for Citori |
DanLee
Replies: 7
Views: 1648 |
Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:32 pm Subject: Tubes for Citori |
I bought a pair of Trulock skeet chokes after acquiring my 2021 White Lightning, as the three OEM chokes were F, M, and IC. They add a couple inches to the barrel. I can't say whether they're any be ... |
Topic: Favorite 3/4 oz loads |
DanLee
Replies: 15
Views: 11246 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:36 am Subject: Favorite 3/4 oz loads |
My recipe:
Any straight wall hull
Appropriately sized primer
16 grains Clays
SG-16 with 1/2" 28-gauge fiber wad in shot cup
3/4 oz shot
Makes a nice cloud of "feathers" as well ... |
Topic: Longshot for light loads? |
DanLee
Replies: 18
Views: 4775 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:58 pm Subject: Longshot for light loads? |
Hodgdon has data for Longshot in the 16 gauge using 1 and 1-1/8 oz shot. Velocities are up there, but speed isn't always a bad thing. |
Topic: 16 data for CB0078-16 wad |
DanLee
Replies: 19
Views: 5175 |
Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 12:15 pm Subject: 16 data for CB0078-16 wad |
I prefer to use the SG-16 wad for most of my loads, regardless of which hull. Ballistic Products has them back in stock, fortunately for me because I just used up the last of the case I bought years ... |