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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Purple Power |
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Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:05 pm
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| Which manufacturers besides Federal make 16 ga. shells in purple? Sure which everyone would go to a purple hull so it was uniform. I shoot a lot of Fiocchi Golden Pheasants in the fall and at least they are blue. Remingtons are green or black. Winchester is red. B&P are green. Kent TM are green. |
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Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:09 pm
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Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:12 pm
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| Herter's from Cabela's are purple. They're Cheddites and reload nicely. |
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Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:13 pm
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Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:14 pm
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| I love my Toyota Prius and am a die hard Kansas State fan so ROYAL purple would be great! |
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:20 am
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If all 16 ga shells were purple I'd sell everyone of mine and never buy another 16 ga!  |
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:36 am
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| I looked through my stock of RST 16-gauge 7/8 ounce loads and only one flat of #7 1/2 have the purple hulls, all the rest black. |
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:44 am
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Bearman wrote, "If all 16 ga shells were purple I'd sell everyone of mine and never buy another 16 ga!"
Not to worry, all of my 16 Ga hulls are brass.  |
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:30 pm
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| All the RST's I've had are black. The Remington 16ga shells my dad used to shoot back in the day were green; that'll always be the proper color for me. Not a fan of purple anyway. |
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:42 pm
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Guys, I reload all my sixteens. RST violet 2.5" hulls are 3/4 oz. of #8, 2.5" red Cheddites are 7/8 oz. of #7, 67mm blue Fiocchi hulls are one ounce of #6, and the 2 3/4" red Australian Winchesters are 1 1/8 oz. of #5.
I'd go crazy if they were all the same color. LOL! |
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:43 am
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| I'm with you , Steve ... Never thought the bird ever knew what color hit him ! |
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:28 pm
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| Boy was I wrong! I'm packing for my trip west for the pheasant opener tonight; taking several boxes of RST 1oz 5's and 6's (being optimistic) and a couple boxes of RST 7/8oz 7-1/2's for pasture clays (all 16's of course). Looked inside some boxes and every single hull is purple! I would have sworn tthe last ones I got were black; any chance they turned when I wasn't looking ? |
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Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:39 pm
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| The 7.5 & 8 Rios are red also... |
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Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:58 am
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| My wife says they are 'Lavender' not purple. I guess thats better than mauve, whatever that is. |
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Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:24 am
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| if they are not purple they are not ripe yet. |
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