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Thanks C O B. Thanks For the info. I agree for commercial loads RST shells are sweet. I love them and for anyone that doesn't shoot much I highly recommend them. But if you are wanting to shoot several rounds a week it is a bit pricey. As for pollywad I don't know. Also holland and holland make a fine round sold at classic shooting I think it is.
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the Pollywad Vintager is a 2 1/2 low pressure load -
i have had a few cases - used them for clays and hunting - no complaints they just seems to be harder to find, I can get the RST at any SxS shoot
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Hodgdon site has some 2 1/2" 12ga loads listed this is the lowest pressure of all of them Remington hull cut to 2 1/2' Win. 209 WAA12R Universal 20.8 1oz lead 7,300 PSI 1,180 , if that helps .
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Thanks Mark for the info. It will help someone I'm sure. I certainly hope this thread doesn't take away from any of the commercial companies that load these old loads. I have only bought from classic and rst. Both have great loads and I have nothing but respect for the people I dealt with and I enjoy them very much. I started this thread because after searching the various threads reloaders a were guesstimating their loads it seems. I prefer to know exactly what the load is. Things that go bang can hurt if misused even if by accident since this form is for reloaders I thought since they reload their shells anyway why not share. Thanks Mark
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Does anyone know what "RST" stands for? Really Special Things?
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i asked that a while ago - even asked them at a shoot- no one seems to know
(Morris got the name when he bought the company) my vote was "retro shotgun technology"
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If I recall correctly the original owners of RST were from NH, a father and son I believe. I met them once a long time ago shooting skeet. They were both avid sporting clays shooters and did not use vintage shotguns. I have no idea or recall of what RST stood for. Morris can be credited for taking the company in the direction of producing shells for vintage shotguns.
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Kirk, I realize you want documented loads; but any load for 2 3/4 will work in a 2 1/2" shell. If you roll crimp instead of fold crimp nothing in the way of components would have to be changed seeing how a roll crimp uses less of the shell. And a roll crimp would give you less pressure. As a side note; I've called Claybuster wads and explained I was loading low pressure shells [ 7500psi or less ] and ask if I could substitute one of their wads that had a shorter cushion height for the short shell. A CB1118 is for 1 1/8oz in a 2 3/4" Rem hull. I shorten the hull to 2 1/2 and use 7/8oz of shot using a 7/8oz shot data for a 7/8oz CB wad. He said if it were him, he'd have no worries - the pressure wouldn't hardly change. You also can go to fiber wads to get the shorter combination to fit and pressures will go down from the plastic wad. And if you're really worried about not having tested shells, send some to Precision Reloading or Tom Amhurst and have them checked. There are a number of ways to reload and not worry about having to high of pressures. JMHO
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