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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Federal steel question |
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Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:24 am
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Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Has anyone cut open a federal steel shotshell to see what is in it?
Just wondering about wad, is there buffer, Is there a Mylar wrap, potential powder used?
Just wondering why the get 15/16 oz but no reloads have that much. |
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Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:09 pm
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| No buffer. Very thick heavy plastic wad much like a VP80 in design, but proprietary. |
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Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:39 pm
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Might give em a call and see if there is any chance they would sell them direct or consider a distributorship for them.
Why lose a dollar to other companies selling components?
Are there any other major ammo companies not selling their wads? I heard remmy still uses r-16 but doesn't sell. Most pictures I've seen suggest a version of sg-16 seems popular in factory loads. |
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16' Brown A5
15' Brown White Light Citori
13' Brown Upland Spcl BPS
02' Rem 870 Exp
53' Rem 870 Wing
53' Mar 90 DT
50' Mar 90 DT
47' Rem 31L
46' Win 12 (2)
33' Rem 31 |
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Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:49 pm
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| Remington's steel wad looks much the same as Federal's. |
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Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:49 am
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Joined: 31 Aug 2009
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Location: Middletown, DE
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15/16oz #4 steel fits in a Fiocchi hull using the BPI 7/8oz load without the overshot card. 27.5gr Alliant Steel, VP80 wad
So hull room is not an issue to get to 15/16th oz. |
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