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Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 3 Location: ohio Eaton

Has anyone bougt product from them and how did you like their service. I just got 400 1 once wads from them and 100 16 ga. hulls.

Dennis, BPI is one of the major suppliers of shotshell reloading supplies. My experience with them has been excellent. Midway and Graf & Sons are a couple more suppliers.

Hc

Member Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 7

I've been doing business with them since the late '70's without one single complaint.

Lot's of good components and manuals for all gauges, although (as with any supplier) not nearly enough choices for the 16.

Member Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 398 Location: S Fl

I've had good luck with their service. However, since their prices are essentially retail, I buy from them only when I can't find it elsewhere.

Grafs has many of the same products at a better price.

Pete

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Ditto......They are good, I like Graf's better.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

For specialized loads they are unsurpassed for components.As for regular wads,etc. I think they are overpriced.I have dealt with them many times and have no bad complaints just read the above and keep it in mind Wink

You can find much of the things they sell at far better prices elsewhere. Also, avoid their own reloading manuals. Most are dated, unorganized, and ambiguous. The manual will describe the componants needed and which shells they are best used in, then none of the recipes will call for that combination. Most are a very poor source of information IMO.

Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 311

Good customer service. I was mildly disappointed in their "The Sixteen Gauge Manual". Not enuff loads for Remington or Federal hulls. BPI sells Fiochhi and Multi Hulls mail order and the bulk of the data was for those two plus the Cheddite hull. Nor did I find the manul to be as "complete" as they hyped it to be.

Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 50 Location: john day, or

BPI
They came out with the MULTI METAL 16 wad that made loading steel and HeviMetal 16 guage loads a snap.

Prior to this I had to resort to using their BP12 wad over a 16ga nitro card in ACTIVE 16 ga hulls to safely load steel loads (7/8 oz #4 steel, good for swat loads but not very effective for downing ducks). 15/16 oz #6 HeviShot loads kill ducks!

Also on another thread Fiocchi hulls got rapped for sticking in chambers after firing. My experence has been that BP's SPORTING 16 wads work fine but their TRAP COMMANDER 16 wad tended to bulge the Fiocchi hull due to the larger diameter gas seal at the wad base.

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 62

I believe I ordered from them on a couple of occasions and had no problems. Decent customer service too if I recall correctly.
Regards,
Keith

I've purchased from BPI for many years--good service, no problems. Ive loaded the Trap Commander 16 wad in Fiocchi hulls in the past year without bulging the hulls. BPI has taken an interest in the 16 gauge for many years.