JohnBT
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I picked up six boxes of Italian-made 28 ga. Fiocchi game loads at the gun show and just got around to tearing apart a shell.
The box is brown and has a pic of a shell on the front and a little bird on the back. The top is marked "28 PL" "CAL. 28/65/8 (2 1/2") 17 g (9/16 oz.)"
It's also stamped 6 on the top, but I know that the Europeans use different shot systems. (What's the 8? The 65 is length in mm.)
The shells are low brass and red plastic topped off with a bright yellow card containing a circled "6." The wad is light green plastic FWIW and the powder is flat squares. The boxes are a tad worn around the edges, but not the shells.
The shot is like perfect little shiny ball bearings, but it wasn't too hard to crush with needlenose or cut with a sharp pocketknife.
About 145 pellets measuring .105", so that's what, US #6.5 shot using the rule of 17? They're dead round and all the same size as near as I can tell without putting the Starrett on all of them. Nice looking shells, just a different sort of loading. The closest Fiocchi I found on line appears to be a 2 1/2" at 1280 fps if I did the m/s conversion correctly. And I don't read Italian either.
=> Here's the question - What are they good for? [Duh, shooting?]
Bonus question - Should I track the guy down and buy the other 14 boxes if I can get them for less than $7 a box? [Duh, buy a reloader silly.]
John
P.S. - I also picked up a few boxes of S&B RED 2.75" 1 oz. #7.5 2 1/4 Dram, but I haven't cut one up yet.
The box is brown and has a pic of a shell on the front and a little bird on the back. The top is marked "28 PL" "CAL. 28/65/8 (2 1/2") 17 g (9/16 oz.)"
It's also stamped 6 on the top, but I know that the Europeans use different shot systems. (What's the 8? The 65 is length in mm.)
The shells are low brass and red plastic topped off with a bright yellow card containing a circled "6." The wad is light green plastic FWIW and the powder is flat squares. The boxes are a tad worn around the edges, but not the shells.
The shot is like perfect little shiny ball bearings, but it wasn't too hard to crush with needlenose or cut with a sharp pocketknife.
About 145 pellets measuring .105", so that's what, US #6.5 shot using the rule of 17? They're dead round and all the same size as near as I can tell without putting the Starrett on all of them. Nice looking shells, just a different sort of loading. The closest Fiocchi I found on line appears to be a 2 1/2" at 1280 fps if I did the m/s conversion correctly. And I don't read Italian either.
=> Here's the question - What are they good for? [Duh, shooting?]
Bonus question - Should I track the guy down and buy the other 14 boxes if I can get them for less than $7 a box? [Duh, buy a reloader silly.]
John
P.S. - I also picked up a few boxes of S&B RED 2.75" 1 oz. #7.5 2 1/4 Dram, but I haven't cut one up yet.