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12-28-2011, 11:34 AM | #3 | ||||||
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I use most of my Federal papers for BP. When useing nitro I use fiber wads because one , I have them and don't have to buy different plastic wads. Also use a roll crimp on all my paper hulls - they look better and the end card can be stamped with the shot size in black [ for BP ] or red [ for nitro ]. Although I do keep a few extra with a star crimp in my pocket for those fellows on the shooting line who run out of ammo - those are BP. Don't get alot of request for a shell anymore. With the nitro I use 16.5grs of 700X and 1oz of shot. Paul
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12-28-2011, 02:25 PM | #4 | ||||||
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This past spring, a friend was cleaning out his garage and decided to give me his Federal paper hulls, they would have filled a 35gal container. Did I mention that they were free
Long story short, my basement flooded this September but I felt they would be OK since they were in plastic garbage bags. I just recently looked at them and they were covered with mold/mildew. Stunk to high heaven. Had to put them all out for the trash man |
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12-28-2011, 02:37 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Hi Paul, I also like the Federal paper hulls for BP. A once fired paper hull case mouths are nice and round and much easier to load the nitro cards and fiber wads than plastic.
This is reason I decided to use Federal paper for spreader loads using a 16 ga Polywad disk. I loaded up the recipe in my first post and shot skeet with them this morning. The gun I used had .040 and .020 thousands restriction. Worked very well. |
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12-29-2011, 03:42 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Frank, if the mouth gets bad and you're useing fiber wads, you can trim the shell a bit and use less cushion wad and keep on reloading. A friend gave me a heating plug made for paper shells. Put the shell on , mouth down, and give it a twist with a candle pushed against it and it conditions the shell like new. The wax melts right in. Paul
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