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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Favorite 1 oz. hunting loads |
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Sat Aug 06, 2016 10:02 am
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Hodgdon has a bunch of data on both 1 oz and 1 1/8 oz using Winchester 572. I've got a couple of hundred Federal hulls I'd like to try it in but its nowhere to be found around where I live.
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Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:53 am
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| citorifeather16- I saw W572 this week at a Cabelas so it must be around |
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Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:14 pm
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| RSTs for my short-chambered doubles. I haven't yet decided what I'll feed the drilling, though it seems to like Herters' #8 for trap. I have picked up a good bunch of 2 3/4 inch 16 ga loads here and there, so we'll see. |
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Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:22 am
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Thanks Savage. Must be on a store to store basis. I searched for it on their website and nothing showed up.
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Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:35 pm
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Final patterns today to get this light little 2-triggered OU ready for roosters.
Underbarrel: I oz 6's in Rem hull, SP-16 wad, 19 grs. Unique, W209
I did a final velocity check and today they were running about 1250 fps. Not sure why they were hotter today.
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Overbarrel: 1 oz 6's on Fed hull, Z16 wad, 20 gr. Universal Clays, F209A
These were again going 1275 fps.
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This last picture shows Ballistic Product's nickel 6's on the left, and Precision Reloading's nickel 6's on the right. I've been a little tough on Ballistic Products because their shot seems so much softer than Precision Reloading's nickel, but in these patterns and another set i shot today I see that Ballistic Product's nickel shot throws patterns that are at least as uniform and dense as Precision Reloading's. Glad to see that!
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:06 am
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If you put that pattern on a rooster he won't be edible. Nice looking turkey patterns. I think you should enter some block shoots with that gun Wow! You should probably let those roosters get to 50 before dropping the hammer.  |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:57 am
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:31 am
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What choke and what distance? Those patterns compare to what I get at 25 yards and modified choke with both my 16 gauge and 12 gauge. Most of my shooting is with Improved cylinder.
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Oldhunter, the top pattern is at 25 yards from a .011 which is probably light-modified to modified in a 16 gauge.
The 2nd pattern was shot at 38 yards from a .026 which I'd call full in a 16 gauge. |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:33 am
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| pudelpointer wrote: |
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If you put that pattern on a rooster he won't be edible. Nice looking turkey patterns. I think you should enter some block shoots with that gun Wow! You should probably let those roosters get to 50 before dropping the hammer.
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Ya, tell me about it! And I keep hearing I need more than 1 oz for pheasants.
If I keep the gun I'll certainly open up that under barrel. I have pointing dogs and I'm having "meat concerns." |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:17 pm
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Those patterns will work fine Dave! You just have to practice what you do for turkeys and only shoot head shots!  Even then you better let them get out a bit!. |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:33 pm
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| Byron, I'm not that good unfortunately. That lower barrel needs to get opened up a bit. |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:19 pm
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:24 pm
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| fn16ga wrote: |
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try that load with #5s
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I did! It's also super dense, maybe denser. Black Belt and it shot SC this morning and I described the load of 5's I tried as going from shredded birds to pulverized! 😀 |
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:18 pm
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Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:34 pm
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Nope
I think I'm just going to get it opened up and be done with it. .05 & .015 would fit my hunting to a T, and I have other birdguns that are tighter-choked if i need more. |
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