I have 2 3/4 hulls. I have 1000 DR16's on the way that are stuck in a snowstorm in the Midwest. The hulls arrived today. We are on our way to a city that has a Sportsmans warehouse, so I will be picking up a keg of International this weekend, and by next week I will be ready to load a few.

The data I see usually says Cheddite blue or green. These are red, but I assume they are the same. Precision said "Color may vary."

John,
Did you measure your new RED Cheddite hulls?
The red hulls I've seen are 2-1/2". Not saying yours aren't 2-3/4".

Don't scare me like that Dave! I was in a big hurry when I ordered them, and see myself punching the wrong item on the iPad. Nope, they are 2 3/4. Nice looking hulls too. Coming back to this after so many years, I was surprised by the low quality of a lot of hulls. I used to just use the AA's and some Remington-Peters. These look like good hulls.

John,
They are a great hull, I've loaded 1000's of the 2-1/2" hulls.
All my 2-1/2" are red, and the 2-3/4" are green.
I like it that way, for ease of recognition.
Thanks for checking and enjoy the pleasures of reloading.

A few questions re primers and I picked up this on another site:

Hottest to coldest.

Federal 209A
Chedditte
Remington
CCI 209 M
Winchester
CCI standard

Thanks, actually I was just headed out to set up the 16 gauge loader. I picked up the powder last weekend, and the wads arrived. I will work with the cheddite primers, then switch to Winchester since they are one thing that is readily available here.

I also found out that my Parker was "restored and restocked" by Larry DelGrego in the early '70's, making the wood just 40 years old.