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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Fiocchi ammo for their hulls?? |
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:06 pm
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Are Fiocchi GTs the "good" Fiocchis ?
Is it compression formed?
Tapered or not?
I want to buy some good ones to reload... |
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:26 pm
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I've loaded several boxes of the Fio hulls successfully with the CB16 and DR16 wads. I find the CB16, with a cheerio filler loads a better 7/8 oz. round than the DR16. DR16 really comes into it's own as a 3/4 oz. wad, IMO.
The Fiocchi hull is straight walled, like ALL 16 ga. Since the demise of the Win AA in 16 ga., all hulls are straight walled.
I like the Federal 16 ga. hulls best for reloading. I seem to get the best results and the most reloads from Fed hulls. I know others have different experience, but that is the way it has seems to work out for me.
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:15 pm
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I like the Federal 16 ga. hulls best for reloading. I seem to get the best results and the most reloads from Fed hulls. I know others have different experience, but that is the way it has seems to work out for me.
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I agree. And they're the right color too. |
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:22 pm
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| Love that purple up here in Minnesota. |
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Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:47 am
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The quality of Fiocchi GT cases is variable. Some lots work fine for reloading and others are skived so thin that half the case mouths split on the first firing. Based on durability, I would much rather have new, primed, unskived Fiocchi cases rather than the once fired factory loads.
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Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:58 am
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[quote="spr310"]Love that purple up here in Minnesota.[/quote]
now I get it |
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Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:32 pm
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Love that purple up here in Minnesota.
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now I get it
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Took you awhile. Hey, you remember that box of Federal 1 1/8oz? They will be filling my freezer this fall. Go Vikings. |
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:25 pm
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You're putting your shells in the freezer?  |
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:17 pm
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| Purple Power..............yep. |
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:09 pm
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You're putting your shells in the freezer?
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Between hunting everyday for grouse, and maybe a trip to South Dakota, and then there is the local preserve where I go for pheasants and chukars with my sons and grandkids. I keep hunting at the preserve after the seasons are closed up until March or April. Yes those federal shells will help fill the freezer. Forgot the ducks and geese. Getting ready for the early goose season now. |
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