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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Green Dot |
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:25 pm
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| Thought I did my homewok correctly, but got a D-. I have Rem black hulls, Rem sp16 wads, fed 209a and win 209 primers and 2 lbs of GREEN DOT powder. Does anyone have a reasonable load using these components. My 11-48 works well but I don't want to push it. Thank you. I also have some unique powder but would rather save it for pistol loads. |
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:55 pm
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:03 pm
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Welcome to the forum,
You can use a filler and stay with the SP16 if you want.
Sent you a PM.
Enjoy! |
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:27 pm
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| Thanks, guys. Just got back into reloading after way too many years. Rusty on some of this stuff. 16er, I'll let you know how that load works in a week or so (awaiting stuff). Take care all. Larry |
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:19 pm
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| Unless you want to shoot heavy loads with the SP16 wads, it works best if you get a hollow punch or what ever the cutters are called to cut discs about 1/2" diameter- then cut a bunch of the Styrofoam trays used for meat trays in grocery stores or at least used to be for hamburgers at McDonalds, etc. The idea is you get Styrofoam discs 1/2" across, 1/8" deep. Put a few of these in the wad after it is put in the hull. They lay flat, then put the shot on top of the discs. With these discs in place you can fill the shot cup of the SP16 with 7/8 oz of shot. The easier way is to get some DR16s- but since you have the SP16s you might as well use them. |
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:22 pm
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| It is called a stirrup or arch punch. For foam trays a 6" piece of 1/2" steel conduit sharpened at one end will do nicely. |
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Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:54 am
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| AmericanMeet wrote: |
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Unless you want to shoot heavy loads with the SP16 wads, it works best if you get a hollow punch or what ever the cutters are called to cut discs about 1/2" diameter- then cut a bunch of the Styrofoam trays used for meat trays in grocery stores or at least used to be for hamburgers at McDonalds, etc. The idea is you get Styrofoam discs 1/2" across, 1/8" deep. Put a few of these in the wad after it is put in the hull. They lay flat, then put the shot on top of the discs. With these discs in place you can fill the shot cup of the SP16 with 7/8 oz of shot. The easier way is to get some DR16s- but since you have the SP16s you might as well use them.
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If you're going to use styrofoam meat tray punchings as filler, be aware that they do have a bit of a tendency to "float" as you add the shot. You may wind up having to use a pencil or nail or something similar to hold them to the bottom of the wad cup until the shot settles on top of them. Otherwise, they'll be all cockeyed in and among the shot. I don't even want to think about what the resulting patterns might look like. I've had this happen when there's a lot (or even a moderate amount) of static in the air. |
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Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:46 am
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| byrdog wrote: |
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It is called a stirrup or arch punch. For foam trays a 6" piece of 1/2" steel conduit sharpened at one end will do nicely.
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Ditto, + I find 24ga OSC's work well in 16ga wads as build up fillers...a piece of Sched 80 1/2" Black Pipe with an ID of ~0.55" (24ga = 0.579") sharpened in a lathe or hand ground works well too. Extra credit points awarded if the ID gets opened up a bit while playing on the lathe 
BTW; reliable, I'm envious, hoping REAL HARD for GD to become available around here again. |
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Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:11 am
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| Thanks to all. Lucked out on the powder. Thanks for the styrofoam idea. When the rest of my stuff gets here, I'll let you all know how it works. Larry |
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Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:51 pm
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| Thanks to all, especially 16'er for the help. Wound up going with one oz. 7 1/2 shot; rgl hull, sp16 wad with Federal 209a primers and 28 gauge undershot 1/8th inch filler card. Worked really well busting birds today and the only ones I missed were my fault (damn automatic safety). Oh, and 16.0 grains of green dot. Take care. Larry |
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