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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Grafs Cheddite wads |
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Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:28 pm
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Joined: 06 Jun 2010
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Location: Cranks, KY
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What happened to Grafs Cheddite wads? They were theonly sourceof them and I can't find them on their website. |
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Tue Jan 21, 2020 2:47 pm
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Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2168
Location: Florida
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I don't see them either might want to call them . Hope they didn't discontinue them. |
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Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:25 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:56 am
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Joined: 06 Jun 2010
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Location: Cranks, KY
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None of those are them. CHEDDITE, not Gualandi. |
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:57 am
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Joined: 09 Jan 2013
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Location: Florida
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CH1632 looks like they are gone. |
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:42 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2019
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Location: Central ND
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I have almost a full bag of those wads if anyone needs them.
$5.00 plus shipping seems about right. |
_________________ Mark...You are entitled to your own opinion. You aren't entitled to your own facts. |
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:37 pm
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Location: Florida
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:35 pm
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 4:08 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2019
Posts: 1841
Location: Central ND
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Wads are spoken for. |
_________________ Mark...You are entitled to your own opinion. You aren't entitled to your own facts. |
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 4:23 pm
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Joined: 08 Oct 2012
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Location: Indiana
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So did grafs discontinue this wad ? |
_________________ Joe
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:24 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2019
Posts: 1841
Location: Central ND
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Without getting in too far and no disrespect....These wads are not Gaulandi's. They don't look like anything B & P or Fiocchi wads either.
I believe them to be made by Cheddite.
I went as far as sending a load to Tom Armbrust. The load I sent was optimistic and about 2,000 PSI over SAAMI MAP. I was going to do more testing, but then Graf's stopped carrying them and/or ran out and I didn't take it any farther.
I will post a picture of the wads tomorrow. |
_________________ Mark...You are entitled to your own opinion. You aren't entitled to your own facts. |
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Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:01 pm
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Joined: 13 Oct 2015
Posts: 151
Location: SE Ks
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Sure glad I stocked up last year, these wads make up my favorite heavy pheasant loads. I posted a year or so ago with two loads I had tested, one 800x and the other Longshot. Both pattern real tight per choke in my shotgun. The wad is for sure different than anything I've seen anywhere else. The wall thickness is heavier and stiffer. They have proven to raise pressures more than the normal wads we all use. The Longshot load really gets it done without overly high pressures.
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Posted:
Fri Feb 07, 2020 4:18 am
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Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2168
Location: Florida
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To bad they are no longer available , they are a great wad for Straight walled hulls . I use them exclusively for my 1 oz loads .
The 1 1/8oz loads that Bow Builder (long ago) developed and the recent loads that ole_270 had tested are really good loads. |
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Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:12 am
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
Posts: 2067
Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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It's funny how things like this pop out from time to time , then disappear . The wad looks like a 16ga version of the old Pacific wads , and way back when , Activ had something like them . I have a habit of just buying what I need , so fall into the RAN OUT thing now and again ! |
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Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:52 am
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Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Posts: 1732
Location: Central Missouri
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That's the bad part of low sales numbers , companies drop the product line for being non profitable.
The 16 is no exception , glad I own the dr 16 mold at least when it can be run (lol ) I will have wads to shoot.
Best regards Nick |
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