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Another reason I stick to purple Federal hulls. They are very durable and versatile.

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I love the purple hulls, they contain my favorite 1 1/8 oz. #6 pheasant load.

Member Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1975

"Hummm, what's the season on saw blades? bag limits? Sounds like a lotta fun, assuming they are not too close "

I have a 12 ft by 40 yd opening into the woods. The blade is hung at a slight angle and loose. I ussually pattern at 30 and 40 yards. I just use cheap black spray cans of paint on hand and spray it every time. I've got some 3/4oz loads rated at over 1400fps. They make it really ring. Five shot is louder then 6, so on down. Number 3 steel really sets it off. It makes it more interesting then shooting at paper. OH, I almost forgot, the season on saw blades in Minnesota is all year long. You'd have to look in your states regulations to find the season on saw blades.

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Member Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 2349 Location: West MI

[quote="spr310"]"Hummm, what's the season on saw blades? bag limits? Sounds like a lotta fun, assuming they are not too close "

.........OH, I almost forgot, the season on saw blades in Minnesota is all year long. You'd have to look in your states regulations to find the season on saw blades.[/quote]

What recipes are you guys using for those blades? Isn't the meat a little tough. Maybe marinade in the fridge for a bit?

Member Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1975

16gaugeguy"I gotta say it. This method sounds dingy to me. "

Your humor is improving.

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[quote="16gaugeguy.
TB, Remington went to this latest style thinner walled plastic hull nearly two decades ago when they went over to the 209 sized primer. The skiving needed to accomodate seating the R16 and SP16 wad in the straight walled hull reduces the mouths a bit too much. They burn through and wear much faster than the thicker walled old style hulls that used a 57* primer.

This has always been a problem to some degree with the new style hull. I do not think it's the powder. I use Unique and 800X which ares probably slower burning than the non-canister powder Remington uses. The hull mouths of my reloads burn through in spite of this. I've also not always seen evidence of burning in older new style once fired hulls. Most of my older once fired new style hulls show little to none.

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16 gg I can't comment on the Remington hulls of 20 years ago because I was using Winchester compression formed hulls for all my application, however, since 1999 when the Winchester compression formed hulls started to dry up and I had to start using RGLs and SP hulls for volume shooting I have noted a steady deterioration of hull performance but I am still getting up to 12 reloads per hull using a light load of Unique and 7/8th ounce of shot with only slight scorching of the hull mouth toward the end of the hulls useful life.

Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 787 Location: Indiana

Some reloaders gripe about the durability of the black Remington Game Load hull but I have usually had good luck with that hull; I use a mild recipe and typically can get several loadings from them.

My son, who works in Bloomington, IN called tonight to tell me he just bought a flat of the RGL loads in #6 size shot for me, from the Dick's store down there for $49.99; he bought the last flat, and the last of ANY 16 ga. shells they had. I'm sure not complaining at that price for factory new 16 ga. loads; if you look online at Midway USA, Natchez Shooter's Supply, Graf's and others you sure won't find them for anywhere close to that price. It's scary where this ammunition situation is going.....

Looked at , but didn't buy some RGL's for $12.97 per box, flat price was straight across 10 x.

I suppose it is going to get worse soon.

rayb

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Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 787 Location: Indiana

Unfortunately, we cannot get our local Wal-Mart to stock 16 gauge shells, though they used to stock the Federal red/blue box "heavy game loads" for about $4.69/box. No more---but, I visited a Rural King farm supply store in Niles, Michigan this afternoon and they had several boxes of the 1-ounce 16 ga. Rem. Game Loads in #8 shot for $6.99 per box. I couldn't get a case discount but did buy all the #8's they had. I'm just afraid to wait; the next lot they get in will cost more, I fear...and I've got to have the hulls.

These loads have worked great on skeet in my Citori Lightning and in my Auto-5. They should be good dove loads as well.