nitesite
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I was checking some 12ga reloads yesterday over my chronograph and found something that is troubling.
The four petals on the Remington Figure-8 wads are stitched. Of the few wads I recovered, each wad had only one of its four stitches break.
Here's the load:
Rem STS Premier and Nitro Gold SC and Nitro 27 HC once hired hulls
Red Dot 17.8 gr thru a Mec #30 bushing
Winchester 209 primers
Lawrence brand magnum 8.5 shot
Chronoed at HI 1159-fps LO 1123-fps (matches the load data)
Anyone else having the same result? It pains me to spend extra money for premium components and then have this happen.
I didn't have the time to set up a pattern test, and today it was too cold and windy to set up a board. I'm sure this is going to have a detrimental (horrible) effect on my patterns. Unless I use them for turkey loads...
Any input is greatly appreciated.
The four petals on the Remington Figure-8 wads are stitched. Of the few wads I recovered, each wad had only one of its four stitches break.
Here's the load:
Rem STS Premier and Nitro Gold SC and Nitro 27 HC once hired hulls
Red Dot 17.8 gr thru a Mec #30 bushing
Winchester 209 primers
Lawrence brand magnum 8.5 shot
Chronoed at HI 1159-fps LO 1123-fps (matches the load data)
Anyone else having the same result? It pains me to spend extra money for premium components and then have this happen.
I didn't have the time to set up a pattern test, and today it was too cold and windy to set up a board. I'm sure this is going to have a detrimental (horrible) effect on my patterns. Unless I use them for turkey loads...
Any input is greatly appreciated.