16 gauge

[CraigThompson]

Well I made a trip to Ron Shirk's in Lebanon PA yesterday to pick up stuff for our shop and another friends shop !

I was finally able to get a 600JR 16 gauge !

Loaded up some ounce loads with SR7625 and the knockoff WIN AA16 wad . They actually looked better then the ones I used to load on my deceased friends PW 800 !

The Remington low and high brass hulls worked the best . But the WIN high brass looked pretty decent and the old Federal purple high brass were the worst . Bad a couple drops of candle waxed sealed the problems with the WIn and Federal hulls pun intended !

[John Campbell]

Glad you are loading for the Sweet 16!

If you have a chance, try the Downrange 7/8 oz wad. It works well for target or game!

[CraigThompson]

I ordered some of those for my recently deceased friend . I think he liked them well enough .

I've been loading the AA16 or knockoff version for about 25 years . I also use some of the Remington SP-16 but just for buckshot loads .

[Bill Murphy]

The reason some shells load better than others is that you may be loading six segment shells with eight segment crimpers. No big deal, but it may be the reason.

[Bill Murphy]

The reason some shells load better than others is that you may be loading six segment shells with eight segment crimpers. No big deal, but it may be the reason. I have never seen an 800 PW in 16 gauge, but I have heard they exist. Could it have been a single stage PW 375? The problems with the crimp could be the difference in number of segments also. I have two different crimp starters for my PW 375 and keep my shells segregated so they are used in the proper crimp starters.

[CraigThompson]

The reason some shells load better than others is that you may be loading six segment shells with eight segment crimpers. No big deal, but it may be the reason. I have never seen an 800 PW in 16 gauge, but I have heard they exist. Could it have been a single stage PW 375? The problems with the crimp could be the difference in number of segments also. I have two different crimp starters for my PW 375 and keep my shells segregated so they are used in the proper crimp starters.

I used a PW 375 for the 16 and 10 3 1/2 back 25 years ago . At first i used the Winchester old Upland and Expert shells and they did well enough on the PW 375 .

And when I started again loading for the 16 about 3 years ago I was having my best luck with the Federal purple shells in my old friends PW 800 . Now I seem to be having decent luck with all three shells in this MEC !