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Rick Grimes
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:09 pm  Reply with quote



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Would someone explain how to load a Popper Load for dog training?

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Riflemeister
PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:48 am  Reply with quote
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I just take some of my old hulls with split necks and cut them off to about 1 1/2" so they're easily recognizable and seat a primer. Works well for my dogs.

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Rick Grimes
PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:26 pm  Reply with quote



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Riflemeister wrote:
I just take some of my old hulls with split necks and cut them off to about 1 1/2" so they're easily recognizable and seat a primer. Works well for my dogs.


No crimp? no filler of any kind?

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1stgun
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I have been shooting just a primer for years for training. Saves my ears and especially the dog's ears.

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Chuck

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16GAwaterfowler
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 1:48 am  Reply with quote



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Rick Grimes wrote:
Would someone explain how to load a Popper Load for dog training?

If you want to use more than a primer I have an old Hodgdon 12 gauge popper load that works well.
PM me if you want the information
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Rick Grimes
PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:47 pm  Reply with quote



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Thanks for the replies. The primer in an empty shell works great.

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