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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ I cut apart 16ga Herters shell |
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Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:23 pm
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Joined: 14 Nov 2011
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Location: Minnesota
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I have shot 3 cases out of a 1952 sweet 16 with no issues what so ever. |
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Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:42 pm
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Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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When I have had problems with my A5s cycling I have had to pull the stock off and clean them with spray cleaner. Always work great after the cleaning. I tried everything prior to pulling the stock off nothing worked until pulled stock off. Make sure you have the right screwdriver bits so you don't bugger the screws up. |
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Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:22 pm
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Yeah, this gun is new to me and I hadn't done that yet. I wanted to shoot it before pulling it apart. It's now cleaned of 66 years of crud, recoil and action springs replaced, and re-plated trigger and safety installed. But I'm not optimistic. These shells didn't work in my other Sweet, and it'd already been through all of that. Both guns eat everything else I put in them. My 20 gauge doesn't like Herters either. Maybe Cabellas had that ammo on sale for $50 a case for a reason... |
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Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:05 pm
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Location: Dutchess County, New York
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I believe that the Herters shells are made by or made using Cheddite hulls. |
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Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:12 pm
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Old thread, but I used the Herters in my Sweet 16 last week and they functioned perfectly. It was about 40 degrees warmer, so chances are that was the problem. |
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Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:19 am
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Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 1973
Location: Maine
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readgriff wrote: |
... I cut apart a 16ga Herters shell. ...
The powder is tuqouse blue and are little flat round plates 14.5 grains. ...
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Reloading powders are often - usually - dyed grey-black to meet customer expectations that powder is grey-black in color. The "natural" color of powder can be something different and the grey-black dye is not added to the bulk powders sold to commercial loading outfits. |
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Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:39 am
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Location: The Great Northwet
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Cycling issues....yet nother reason to like double guns or pumps. |
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Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:15 pm
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Joined: 24 Jun 2013
Posts: 2067
Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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UDF - I'd take my Davis even if it's being a P-I-A with no fire issues , excpet ... when roosters are going up all over the place or grouse , or heaven forbid Huns , I'll take the Pink Panther with 5 in her . That drop down feature on doubles is really great except for when in the heat of battle and birds are launching everywhere ! |
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