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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ recipes |
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:35 am
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Joined: 24 Oct 2016
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Location: South Jersey
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Hello,
I am finally getting around to reloading for the first time. I received a reloader for christmas and just got it set up. A friend of mine had a bunch of stuff left over from when he reloaded and gave it to me. I am trying to see if any recipes can be used with the things i already received for free. I got 209 primers (not 209a), clay buster wads and herters hulls. I want to reload with 6 shot. I just dont know what kind of powder I should get as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
_________________ Browning A5 sweet sixteen (2016)
Pheasant Forever |
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:20 am
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Joined: 01 Oct 2007
Posts: 962
Location: Minnesota
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I use those components with Unique powder.
Best advice I can give is buy a Lyman reloading manual. And you can get lots of data on line from powder manufacturers. |
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:14 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Posts: 3438
Location: Illinois
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Unique is my goto powder for the 16/handles 3/4 to 1 1/8 oz loads |
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:41 pm
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Joined: 22 Aug 2011
Posts: 1498
Location: the Moosehorn
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for 16ga I like Longshot for game loads. |
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:07 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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Watch for serious leakage with the combo of Longshot, Claybuster wads, and Herters hulls. It is a superb powder in terms of performance and I use the heck out of it with these wads and hulls, but I pre-flare the powder cup on my wads first. Otherwise it is blooper city after I hike with shells in my pockets.
800-x leaks past nothing. Unique and Herco are great powders too. |
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Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:57 am
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Joined: 01 Oct 2007
Posts: 962
Location: Minnesota
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byrdog wrote: |
for 16ga I like Longshot for game loads.
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I should have said this also.
I use Unique for most loads but for heavy/fast pheasant loads, I use Longshot. |
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Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:10 pm
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Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2168
Location: Florida
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For the herters hull I would use the sg16 or dr16 wad depending on the amount of shot you want and that will also determine the powder you need . For 3/4 to 7/8oz I use GreenDot , for 1oz I use Unique for 1 1/8 oz I use Longshot and 800x . But there are other good powders for those applications . |
Last edited by fn16ga on Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:45 pm
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Joined: 26 Apr 2010
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Location: NCWa
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For 16 ga I use two powders: Green dot for Light loads, Blue Dot for Heavy loads. But I only shoot break action guns so don't need to concern myself with matching the optimum operating pressures to cycle a repeater, So if you are using a "gas gun" you may need to take that aspect into consideration. |
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