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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ WSF |
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Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:03 pm
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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| We've all been kinda searching around for powders etc , and I know I've strayed away from my norms some . WSF has been lurking out there and has been avail for a while now . I don't particularly like Ball powders , but I got some of this to try in my 28ga and like it quite a bit .... Now , in cruising Lyman's 5th , there are loads for 1oz in all cases with SP wads . Not impressed there , but , somewhere in my cruising , stumbled onto this one : 16ga Activ , Win primer , 7/8 ,G-28 21 WSF ,8100/ 1200 ... I haven't tried this yet , but I think this load may unlock the real value of this powder with the G28 , Gualandi wads for both 7/8 and 1oz for us . Most of the places I watch for powder have had this for a while now . |
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Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:19 pm
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| WSF works and I used a pile of it when Winchester CF cases were common with 1 oz. of shot and the WAA16 wad. It also worked well in the Remington RGL hull with the WAA16 wad. |
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Mark...You are entitled to your own opinion. You aren't entitled to your own facts. |
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Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:25 pm
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| I had an 8lb'er and started to use it in not only 16 but 20 and 28 as well. |
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:06 am
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| My usual perusal of Mid South , Grafs , and Powder valley - they all have 1 & 8#ers and MS has 4#ers also . Quite avail at the moment . |
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Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:28 pm
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| I also scored 8lbs of it and used it to replace universal in rem black hulls with claybuster 1oz wads, it took a little bit more to get the same fps as the universal |
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16ga 3-Win 37
16ga Ithaca 37 1946
16ga Western Auto Revelation
16ga Browning A-5 1929
16ga Marlin 90 1939
16ga browning citori lightning grade 3 2003
16ga Francisque Darne 1920 |
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:48 pm
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| MSM2019 wrote: |
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WSF works and I used a pile of it when Winchester CF cases were common with 1 oz. of shot and the WAA16 wad. It also worked well in the Remington RGL hull with the WAA16 wad.
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Mark, any thoughts on a starting point?
I got a pound. 65mm ched, ched primer, 20.0 wsf, sg16, 1oz.
Fits with minimum of wad compression.
Will have it tested if it chronos well, but this looks like the starting point from the old loads I found online.
Edit: shot 5 test loads, it was hotter than I expected at 1,220. ES was not great. May try again with a better crimp and 19 grains. |
Last edited by makintrax73 on Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:11 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:09 pm
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Keep your chin up. Went to a local auction Saturday picked up 4 14oz international clays 2 Universal 1 pounds 5 700x and 3 clays. It is out there just have to look harder.
Good luck! |
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Browning 525 sporting 32" 16 gauge
Browning 525 sporting 30" 16 gauge
Browning citori grade 6 28" 16 gauge |
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