William , which hull did you use ?

RST's Red ones, Chedditte made. When ahead and loaded 50 And filled in with 50 more using new primed unfired Cheddites cut down to 2 7/8 inch from 3 1/2 inch.

Another 25 Spreaders roll crimped from Brown RST's cut down, head stamp says "USA' so guessing they are Federals. Loaded the Spreader shells with # 9 considering am only going to use them under 20 yards. Now need to load another dozen spreader shells with 7 1/2 for Rabbits

Going to shoot a round of Clay's Sat, figured might as well give the load a full trial.

William

This is a great short ten waterfowl load. The components are readily available and come together very efficiently. I particularly like the relatively heavy (1 3/8 oz) payload. I felt confident shooting this load at ducks. Cannot say the same for some of the other lighter/weaker 10 gauge loads I have tried.

Merry Christmas!

Victor , glad the load worked well for you . I really like it myself . Has worked well for ducks with #4 & 5 and used it for geese last year with #1 .

Mark I tried loading your tested recipe for 1 3/8 ounce bismuth you posted here. I wonder if there are significant differences between Remington hulls. With 24 grains of Unique and the SP-10 wad in the dark green Remington hull there was no way I could use a fold crimp, a roll crimp is necessary for that load.

Pete , The Rem hulls I used for that load where purchased new and cut to length . Don't remember where I bought them , maybe Precision Reloading .

What color are the hulls you are using , dark green or metallic green ?

I know in 16ga Green Rems the base wad height between Steel shot hulls and Lead shot hulls is different .

Also the only filler used in that load is "1" .030 16ga osc in the cup.

I found an olive drap Remington hull with a black brass head, your load fold crimped fine with that hull. The metallic or forest green hull requires a roll crimp. I bought the metallic/forest green hulls unfired and primed from either Precision Reloading or Ballistic Products 5+ years ago. I am not concerned, I shot one forest green roll crimp I loaded the other day with 24gr Unique and the recoil, boom, and fired primer were all normal. Thanks for sharing your testing information.

Glad you got it worked out.