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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Favored Powders for the 16 |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:33 pm
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Joined: 07 Dec 2010
Posts: 9
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Think I have tried most, but I like the old Win540 &/or HS6 for hunting loads in old CF hulls and like Unique for a lighter 7/8 - 15/16 clays load. For clays I am able to throw same charge for Federal, new style & old (worn) CF Win & Rem black hulls and get very consistent & competitive results. Am using 20/28 in those gauges and wonder if anyone likes it for 16 ... or maybe Longshot for hunting. What say you???? |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:48 pm
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Joined: 23 Aug 2009
Posts: 295
Location: Southern Ontario
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Nothing scientific, but I tend to like (visually) the patterns using SR7625 from my WinCF 1oz. loads. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:51 pm
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Joined: 28 Mar 2008
Posts: 1460
Location: Eagle, Nebraska
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Longshot for hunting loads, will use Universal on occasion but mainly for practice. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:15 pm
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Joined: 30 Nov 2010
Posts: 99
Location: N. Idaho
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I load all gauges with e3, Green Dot, Longshot and L-Gun. I have tons of all four. In the 16 bore I've been loading Green Dot and Longshot I will start loading e3, some time this month. I have 18lb of e3 and can't shoot the Remington 1100 12ga any more go figure.
ferrett |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:26 pm
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Joined: 07 Apr 2007
Posts: 1624
Location: northwewst Wyoming
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SR4756 and Trail Boss are the powders that I load for hunting and Unique is my favorite target powder. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:26 pm
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Joined: 26 Apr 2010
Posts: 3177
Location: NCWa
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For the lighter 16 loads (3/4,7/ I like Green Dot although several that say American Select provides similar performance w/cleaner burning. For heavier (1, 1 1/ I like 540 if the hull and wads are compatible, otherwise I use a courser grain powder- Unique comes to mind. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:20 pm
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Posts: 591
Location: Plains, MT.
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I have been using Win. 571 with my old Emerald green and ruby red Remington hulls (with 57 primers). This is good for my 1 1/8 and 1 1/4 oz. loads. Lighter loads are Universal, International and Clays with a mixture of Win CF , Fed, and Remington hulls while matching Win 16AA wads, and the Sporting/SG16 with the best hulls. Most of my target loads are 1 oz. They all seem to work fine for there purposes.
Ron |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:38 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Posts: 1943
Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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I'm using American Select in both 2.5" 3/4 and 7/8 oz. loads. It seems to do the trick. |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:40 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Posts: 3438
Location: Illinois
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I use Unique for everything--the ol' standby |
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Posted:
Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:16 pm
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Joined: 08 Aug 2011
Posts: 1946
Location: Central CT
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3/4 oz. American Select
7/8 and 1 oz. Universal and SR7625
1 1/8 oz. 800-X and SR7625
1 1/4 oz. LongShot
Most favorite. SR7625 |
_________________ Mark |
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Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:20 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2012
Posts: 89
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I use unique and green dot for all my 1 oz target loads, it works good for me. |
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Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:35 am
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Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 830
Location: Adirondak Mtns
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Solo 1250 I still have about 16 #. Don't know what I'm going to do when its gone. Makes up some nice low pressure loads in just about any hull. |
_________________ Interested in older US made SxS and upland hunting. New to reloading shot shells and looking for info and advice. |
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Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:17 am
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Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 1008
Location: Sandy Lake, PA
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Definitely Longshot for hunting loads. Greendot for target. |
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Davy 03C&R FFL |
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Posted:
Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:44 am
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Joined: 16 Feb 2006
Posts: 711
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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7/8 oz. loads- Green Dot
1 oz. loads- Unuique
1 1/8 oz. loads- W571
I use the discontinued W571 only because I still have about 1 1/2 pounds I am trying to use up before it gets any older. |
_________________ Dennis
Current 16ga. Stable
Browning Citori Gr I
Browning Belgium Sweet 16
A.H. Fox Sterlingworth
Remington 11-48
Remington 31
Remington 870
Geco/J.P. Sauer BLNE
Winchester Mod 12 |
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Posted:
Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:10 pm
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Joined: 16 Nov 2006
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Last edited by mike campbell on Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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