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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 16ga Paper Hulls, 2.75" and 2.5" Cheddite at BPI |
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Sun Mar 22, 2026 7:38 am
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Location: Too far south in New England
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| Numbers is exactly the reason I tried it. I used to use Fiocchi Golden Pheasant #5 for grouse on the premise that I had less runners and more dead in the air birds. There are no wild pheasants here so I don’t hunt them very often. I’ll use 6 in a heartbeat but I prefer 7s right now. One of my favorite loads is a combo of #5 & 7.5, but the 7s have that nice Goldilocks combination of density of shot as well as density of pattern. |
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Mon Mar 23, 2026 3:27 am
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Location: West MI
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| Same here, my upland birdie & bunny load is 1oz #7 nickel plated (20ga waaayyy back in the day now 16ga, of course) but in plastic Cheds not paper. Albeit they do dimple on set back similar to very soft shot but the plating grabs less fur and feathers on its way in. |
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Sorry, I'm a Duck Hunter so shouldn't be held strictly responsible for my actions between Oct 1st and ice up. |
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Tue Mar 31, 2026 4:29 pm
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Sat Apr 25, 2026 11:10 pm
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Location: Minnesota
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Blue color is the traditional 16ga for the UK (and maybe Europe) so I can live with that as an alternative to purple hulls. It sure is a better color than the old black paper hulls BPI offered.
I'm just happy to see them offered again.
I could never get a good crimp on a once fired reload so never bothered beyond that. |
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Sun Apr 26, 2026 2:32 pm
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Location: Minnesota
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| I had some of the BPI black paper hulls. The first crimp was decent. When reloading that hull the crimp was very ugly. |
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