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skeettx
PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:25 pm  Reply with quote
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https://www.buffaloarms.com/1-2-ox-yoke-prelubed-16-gauge-shotgun-fiber-wads-bag-of-500-rmc16fiber


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Gil S
PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:08 pm  Reply with quote
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"pre-lubed". Does that have an effect on powder in shotshell loads?? Gil
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NOT if seated over a Nitro Wad Smile

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALCAN-16-GAUGE-NITRO-CARB-SHOTSHELL-WADS/332958723020?hash=item4d85e2ebcc:g:~kcAAOSwUm5cDY-T:rk:2:pf:0

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Card-Filler-Wads/departments/211/


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Skeetx have you used those yet?
If so, in paper, plastic or brass hulls?

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No, I use Alcan All brass hulls, or Magtech hulls or RST paper hulls or plastic for 2 1/2 ammo, but I shoot sooooo many that I use regular wads.

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Gil S
PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:39 am  Reply with quote
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In using fiber wads with nitro cards rather than plastic gas seals in loading brass hulls, I understand using Testors's cement to help secure the OSC after loading the hull. I have done so with plastic wads successfully. The question is in seating the cards and fiber wads. I understand that they must be seated under 30-40 lbs. pressure. How does one insure that the pressure remains after removing the seating rod and gluing in the OSC?
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Gil S,

It won’t stay, but that isn’t an issue. Apply the amount wad pressure and finish the load. It will be fine.

You are applying the wad pressure to be certain that the wads are firmly seated on the powder, with no air gaps. That keeps the powder tight against the primer. How much pressure the wad exerts on the powder does not change the ballistics.

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Here in the following is a mistake I made with the ox-yoke lubed wads. I had loaded ten brass shells and foolishly left them in a hot shed during the summer. When it was time to fire them, they were all duds. I took them apart and found the wax had soaked past the nitro card and into the powder and primer. I had them standing upright during the time in the shed. I remember the old alcan waxed wads only were waxed around the circumference, while the ox-yoke are infused with lubricant. I have not made that mistake again since that episode.
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The only time that I use lubed wads, is when I load blackpowder for my Damascus barrels. It really helps to keep the fouling soft. I do use fiber wads for slug loads in my nitro proofed guns but don't bother lubing them.

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JoseBob
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What do you lube the fiber wads with?

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JoseBob wrote:
What do you lube the fiber wads with?


I use 60/40 Crisco and beeswax. I use the same basic formula for felt wads in my BP revolvers although I tend to stiffen up the lube for those.

Melt in a double boiler and dip the bas of the wad in it. Capillary action draws the lube into the wad. Let it cool and load them up. MUCH cheaper than the ready mades.

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Gil S
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I now have a full box of Alcan Feltan-Bluestreak 16 ga. wads. Does the "lube" or wax loose effectiveness over the years or are they good to go after probably decades? I have the nitro cards as well and about 500 Cheddite 2.5" paper hulls. All I need now is a horse and buckboard to take me hunting. Gil
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Gil S,
Are you roll crimping those paper hulls to go with the horse and wagon theme?
Your wads might be just fine. I recently loaded some that had been misplaced for 20 years (in an unconditioned garage) and they worked fine. Mine were from Track of the Wolf, not Bluestreak...
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Gil S
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Doug, roll crimping for sure. I won't get much reloading life out the paper hulls, but they sure look prettier after firing than a fired roll crimped plastic hull. Smell better, too. Gil
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