The Big 8's rule the day in Sanford

[Craig Larter]

Looking forward to new data and hopefully renewed supply of wads.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Looking forward to new data and hopefully renewed supply of wads.

I’m mighty afraid the SP-8 wad has gone the way of the Dodo bird . I called the clods that do the so called Remington components about a year ago to get some kind of definitive word on SP-8 as well as SP-10 wads . They claimed the SP-10’s were going to be manufactured again but seemed pretty certain they’d not make the SP-8 anylonger .

[Mike of the Mountain]

The Gualandi wads are fine. According to Tom Armbrust the SP8 actually give a slightly higher pressure. Next time someone travels to England they need to ship us more SP8s. They have plenty of them across the pond.

[Kevin McCormack]

Would it be feasible to make your own 8 ga. wads by using a 12 ga. base and wrapping it to proper length with thin plastic or paper material? Seems a smaller diameter base would give you the wad integrity needed if hot-glued or otherwise secured to the base wad. Shot volume could then by varied by felt inserts, etc. Has anyone tried anything like this in lieu of chasing the 8 ga. wad market?

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Would it be feasible to make your own 8 ga. wads by using a 12 ga. base and wrapping it to proper length with thin plastic or paper material? Seems a smaller diameter base would give you the wad integrity needed if hot-glued or otherwise secured to the base wad. Shot volume could then by varied by felt inserts, etc. Has anyone tried anything like this in lieu of chasing the 8 ga. wad market?

Kevin, with 8g fiber, card and nitro wads available, using them would be a better approach than gluing plastic wrap to a wad base and hoping it doesn't come apart when seating it. Timewise, using the old school wad stacking would be better too. Just my thoughts.