16 ga load tinkering

[Harold Pickens]

Aaron, I shoot that load alot also, taking it off the Hogdon reloading site. It does seem to have a bit more recoil than anticipated. I may back off to around 19 gr. I currently have around 500 of those loaded up and havent been shooting clays much this summer, so will be a while before I reload more.

[Mike of the Mountain]

My go to recipes for 2 1/2" 16g are

-RST hull, 7/8 oz, Sporting 16 wad, 16.3g Unique

- RST hull, 7/8 oz, BP 16 Short wad, 16.4g PB. For spreader I cut an X-Stream insert in half (crosswise)

Nice load from John Davis for 2 3/4" hunting (I adapted it for clays)-

RST or Fiocchi hull, 1 oz, SG16 wad (I add 1/2 of a 1/4" 16g fiber wad to fill), 22.3g Longshot. Tested by Tom Armbrust to 1196 FPS and 5440 PSI. For a 2 3/4" clays load drop the shot charge to 7/8 oz and add more fiber wad to fill the column. This recipe is good for upland birds and clays!!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

My go to recipes for 2 1/2" 16g are

-RST hull, 7/8 oz, Sporting 16 wad, 16.3g Unique

- RST hull, 7/8 oz, BP 16 Short wad, 16.4g PB. For spreader I cut an X-Stream insert in half (crosswise)

Nice load from John Davis for 2 3/4" hunting (I adapted it for clays)-

RST or Fiocchi hull, 1 oz, SG16 wad (I add 1/2 of a 1/4" 16g fiber wad to fill), 22.3g Longshot. Tested by Tom Armbrust to 1196 FPS and 5440 PSI. For a 2 3/4" clays load drop the shot charge to 7/8 oz and add more fiber wad to fill the column. This recipe is good for upland birds and clays!!

Any preference to primer Mike? (I think I know your answer....)

[Mike of the Mountain]

Not at all. If one is concerned about Cheddite then drop your powder charge by 1 to 2 grains.