Not directly helpflull to Brian, but I cut open a Black Cloud 2&3/4", 1oz, steel shot, 12ga to see what it looked like. The wad was heavy plastic, cup unslit, no cushion (not needed with steel?) but the tail was slit to act as a parachute I guess, shot weighed 415gr (about 5% less than stated), powder looked like Unique and weighed 28gr (what a load, may justify the 1500fps claimed).
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