Long ago, when Byron Sterling at Shuman's Gun Shop tipped me off to the fact that Winchester-Western was producing their 16-gauge Dove & Quail Loads in a compression formed hull similar to the AA in 12- or 20-gauge, I bought several flats. I shot some of those 2 3/4 inch shells in my 1928 vintage Sterlingworth Ejector Field that has 2 7/16 inch chambers intended for the old-style 2 9/16 inch shells. I didn't notice any shooting issues, the Doves fell and the gun seems fine to this day, but the "crimp memory" seems to have been ironed out of the hulls fired in that gun and they don't produce as nice a reload as those fired in 2 3/4 inch chambered guns. Thankfully about the time I ran out of my stash of WAA-16 wads that the Olins quit making, Claybuster came to the rescue, and my compression formed 16-gauge hulls are still in the rotation for 2 3/4 inch chambered guns. RSTs for the others.
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