Fiocchi Hull Mishap

[Cold Spring]

Paul, fwiw I’ve shot many factory loaded Fiocchis in 12, 20, 28 and 410 in a variety of guns and never had that problem. However these were not handloads in new or once fired hulls.

[edgarspencer]

My preference is the Fiocchi 28ga. NPE over Chedite, and get better life out them. I have never had an issue. Many Parker 28ga. guns have been known to have tight chambers, and this may contribute to my success with them.

[GH-16]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

My preference is the Fiocchi 28ga. NPE over Chedite, and get better life out them. I have never had an issue. Many Parker 28ga. guns have been known to have tight chambers, and this may contribute to my success with them.

Yeah Edgar, I've never personally had any issues with Fiocchi hulls myself until this mishap my friend encountered the other day.

I'm now wondering if he got a bad batch of new hulls because he also mentioned that these same hulls had loose primers. In fact, when we tried pushing the shell out with a push rod, the primer backed out & we were able to remove it just by pulling on it with our fingers.

In all the shooting I've done over the years, I've never encountered anything like this. I just wouldn't have ever thought something like this would happen with new cases.

[edgarspencer]

Strange. One would think a loose primer would be because the brass wasn't sized correctly, and yet falling below the ejector sounds like it was sized excessively. Lets hope it was a one-off issue.
To Fiocchi's credit, an issue I have seen, and also by others, is when a Cheddite hull has been through the mill too many times, the erosion, for the lack of a better term, in the powder area, just above the brass, gets so thin that the brass separates upon ejection, leaving the remainder of the hull in the chamber. This has never happened to me with a Fiocchi hull. 20/28 is known to be hotter than other powders, so this may be the the reason.