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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:33 pm  Reply with quote



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Anyone have any published load data using the long discontinued Activ hulls, Longshot powder and 1 1/8 oz of shot?
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DanLee
PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:52 pm  Reply with quote
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Activs had more volume than any other available hull. I use data for Federal hulls in the Activs. Even then the crimps are usually dished a bit.
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Old colonel2
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:39 pm  Reply with quote



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BPI had a 1 1/8 lead load with Longshot, but the pressure on them was borderline over pressure (10,500) also very fast @ 1380 FPS
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Hammer bill
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:17 pm  Reply with quote



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I seen some recipes using 800x. But never liked 800x. I have some 700x I use for 1oz which works out very well for me.
I would think universal would work out better. I would like to use 20/28 but I have seen no published for 1 1/8 oz. 20 28 always shows pressures very compatible with universal.
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Citori16
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:11 pm  Reply with quote
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I’ve seen that load Old colonel2 refers to. It came from a ~20 year old Z16 load sheet BP included with the wads when ordered. Comparing to other recipes with Longshot, it is very suspect. I would start down the path DanLee recommends and send some loads in for testing. I have built Activ loads from straight wall recipes, but I avoid SP16 or WAA16 wads due to powder migration. I have not sent them for testing yet, so I won’t divulge.

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df
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:00 pm  Reply with quote



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Thanks guys. I won’t use BPI data. I had their 16 ga manual, and found stack heights to be way off on the loads I tried. Not sure how they develop data, but it doesn’t work for me.
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