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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Browning BPT Shells |
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 11:29 am
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Has anyone used the new Browning 16ga BPT Target shells ?
I see them for sale at a couple of places. |
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:18 pm
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:58 pm
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| Bought a couple of boxes--cut one open to find oxidized,deformed and various sizes. |
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:27 pm
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| Hammer bill wrote: |
To expensive .
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I found them for $140 a case shipped so thought I would try them.
Not finding any 16ga much cheaper ? |
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:29 pm
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| hoashooter wrote: |
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Bought a couple of boxes--cut one open to find oxidized,deformed and various sizes.
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Surprising, as I have been told that the 12ga BPT are the same as AA's ?
What color are the hulls ? |
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Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:03 am
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Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:27 am
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Just before i jumped back into reloading for a Sweet, i did a lot of research, including ammo & availability. As has been said above, Browning is always overpriced & the joke is they are not making ANY ammo; its contracted out probably to the lowest bidder. The observation about deformed shot was a constant complaint also. The "old" Browning 16ga said "Not reloadable" right on the box. They went bang. I saw the "new", only because during the lull just about everything was unavailable, Browning (blacks) 16 available at $18/box at Bass Pro, minus the "not reloadable" warning. These are made in France, just like the new Herter's (blacks) ( thus Cheddites) , which also had their ammo made for them. Both of these should be reloadable using Ched data. I don't like the hull though on either of them. Very "stiff" like, brittle, like the old Rem Blackies. After reloading them 2-3 times crimp petals split.
Have you checked Ammo seek? When I did last summer only 1 page of 16ga ammo showed. Now there's 5! Just before Christmas a flat of Fio's went for $129 with other brands being pretty close to that. Far from what the creeps at Sportsman Warehouse say about the 16 being obsolete. |
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Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:15 am
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| I just bought a couple flats of 16 ga. 1 oz. 7.5 shot Fiocchi Dove loads from Bud's Gun Shop online for $11.99 a box and free shipping. I would have preferred to have #8 shot but the 7.5's will be fine for some sporting clays. |
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My 16's:
Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen
Browning Citori White Lightning
Browning BPS Upland Special |
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Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:48 am
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| Dakotazeb wrote: |
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I just bought a couple flats of 16 ga. 1 oz. 7.5 shot Fiocchi Dove loads from Bud's Gun Shop online for $11.99 a box and free shipping. I would have preferred to have #8 shot but the 7.5's will be fine for some sporting clays.
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Just got a call from Bud's and they only have 14 boxes available so I'm not getting two full flats.  Guess I'm glad to get what I can get under the current circumstances. |
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My 16's:
Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen
Browning Citori White Lightning
Browning BPS Upland Special |
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Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:48 pm
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| My Brownings were delivered today, cut one open, round, fairly uniform shiny shot, green disk shaped powder. Will see how they shoot. |
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Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:42 pm
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| The Browning BPT 16 ga are made in Australia, that’s what I says on boxes I have. |
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Stevens 311c 16
F.A.I.R. ISIDE EM 16
Rem 58 16
A5 Sweet Sixteen
Husqvarna model 49 16 |
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Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:19 pm
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| silverbowff wrote: |
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The Browning BPT 16 ga are made in Australia, that’s what I says on boxes I have.
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Mine were made in France. |
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