[edgarspencer]

I recently bought 500 NPE 28ga hulls from Ballistic Products, and notice some changes, which gave me pause.
They were 65mm, and BPI website said the headstamp was the 4 stars. However, the hulls do not have the typical 4 stars I have come to identify with Cheddite. These hulls have four 'dashes' in between 4 "28" markings.
Scondly, the new hulls are primed with a brass colored primer, similar to Winchester 209 primers.
The business end of the primers is sealed with Blue lacquer, as opposed to Red, on the CX2000 primers. A call to BPI with my concerns yielded no concern on their part. A quick look on the Cheddite website (English and Italian) seems to indicate the primers are NOT CX2000, but actually CX1000, which they indicate is intended for small bore (24, 28, 32 & .410) and if I'm reading it correctly, are milder.

A quick measurement seems to indicate a very slight difference in the base wad height, also, requiring a minor adjustment on the press cam.

My question, since my original loading was tested by Precision, is, has anyone noticed any 'change' in performance?