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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 16 ga target loads and hulls |
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Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:28 pm
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Joined: 24 Jul 2016
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Location: Ohio
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Federal hull,Win or Fed primer (prefer Federal Winchester in a pinch),15 grns Green Dot,SG16 wad and 7/8 oz of shot makes a very nice target and dove load and it's low recoil to boot. Reloading is the way to go in 16 gauge. I can reload these for way under $5.00 a box. |
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:22 am
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Location: Minnesota
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Ohio Wirehair Have you chronographed that load? |
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:58 pm
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Last edited by mike campbell on Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:44 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:16 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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For practice I really like a 5/8 oz. load. Those load best in WW CF (not easy to find anymore) and RGL's in combination with a DR 16 wad. |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:21 am
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If I buy factory loads of Federal game loads to start my collection of empty hulls, will any Federal game load hull be acceptable? Are all the Federal game load hulls using brass basses? |
_________________ 1929 Thomas Bland 16ga SxS 28"
1947 Browning A5 16ga 28"
1948 BRNO 16ga SxS 27.5"
1949 Stevens 530 16ga SxS 28"
1950 Stevens 311A 12ga SxS 30"
1952 BRNO 12ga SxS 28.25"
1963 Superposed O/U 12ga 27"
1968 V Bernardelli SxS 12ga 28" |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:23 am
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Joined: 30 Dec 2012
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Location: Chocolate City, Florida
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All Federal hulls use brass plated steel heads, with the exception of ;
10 Ga
12 Ga Gold Medal (paper and plastic)
28 Ga
Subject to recent changes and my memory...,. |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:52 am
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Joined: 22 Jan 2015
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Brass plated steel....hmm. Since I haven’t developed my knowledge of reloading shotshells much, where do we draw the line on proper hull head material? I was thinking steel was not a good option for reloading/resizing. Isn’t that why Win AA is less desireable now than it used to be? |
_________________ 1929 Thomas Bland 16ga SxS 28"
1947 Browning A5 16ga 28"
1948 BRNO 16ga SxS 27.5"
1949 Stevens 530 16ga SxS 28"
1950 Stevens 311A 12ga SxS 30"
1952 BRNO 12ga SxS 28.25"
1963 Superposed O/U 12ga 27"
1968 V Bernardelli SxS 12ga 28" |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:29 am
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Yes, BUT that is all that is available.
And the MEC collet sizer seems to fix most of the issues.
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:25 pm
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Joined: 21 May 2010
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Location: Victoria BC Canada
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wahoo wrote: |
Brass plated steel....hmm. Since I haven’t developed my knowledge of reloading shotshells much, where do we draw the line on proper hull head material? I was thinking steel was not a good option for reloading/resizing. Isn’t that why Win AA is less desireable now than it used to be?
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It was not the metal in the bases that makes the new AAs less desirable, it is to composite makeup of the shell body. (I don't think there ever were AAs in 16ga., correction; there were.) but they no longer make the one piece hulls in 16 either. |
Last edited by Carlos on Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:05 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:38 pm
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Joined: 12 Feb 2018
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Location: West-central Missouri
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There were compression formed Win AA loads in 16 with brass heads. I still have some. I'd post a picture if I could ever type the linking string correctly... |
_________________ An ounce of fives, the smell of nitro in paper hulls, wet gundog, and Hoppe's #9... |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:03 pm
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Location: Victoria BC Canada
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duckdup wrote: |
There were compression formed Win AA loads in 16 with brass heads. I still have some. I'd post a picture if I could ever type the linking string correctly...
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Thanks for wising me up. |
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Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:58 pm
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Joined: 12 Feb 2018
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Location: West-central Missouri
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Carlos, maybe I misled with my comment. There were compression formed AA type hulls but mine are not labeled AA so I can't 'prove' they had AA target loads. Dove & Quail hull - I think I got the photo link correct this time. Ignore the Mark 5, it is there to keep the empty from rolling away...
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_________________ An ounce of fives, the smell of nitro in paper hulls, wet gundog, and Hoppe's #9... |
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Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:49 am
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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12 & 20 ga AAHS are not magnetic steel and also Rem STS ... no new 16's are brass ... Keep an eye on feds . The 12's have switched to plastic base wads and do not load exactly the same as paper base wads . They are switching to the same cases as the Estates . Not necessarily bad if you like Chedd style cases - I still like the paper bases best - cushion better . |
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Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:01 am
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Joined: 09 Feb 2015
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I was going thru some of my stow away stuff and realized I had several bags of 20ga. ACTIVE wads. I would trade them for 7/8's claybuster wads if anybody is interested.
Thouught i would try trades before trying to sell them at the clubs i shoot at. |
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Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:27 am
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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HB - check the powder cup diameter against a REM SP . Like the G-wads , they might be the same diameter as the Rems and can use them in the RGLS . |
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