16ga.com ~ View topic - Ballistic Products Multi-metal or Trap Commander wads?

.....anybody have any experience with these 16ga wads? pros or cons?
any recipes for either in AA type or Rem green hulls? Loading 1 1/8ozs copper sixes.....also have those coyote-ugly lead T shot, would multi-metal work p'raps?

thanks,

Duncan

Member Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 317

The TC(z)-16 is a good wad. I have used it often. Never used the Multi-metal wad so I cannot comment on its performance.

Member Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 524

My only experience so far with BPI wads has been SG16 and Z16. The limits of the sg16 is 1oz and the Z16 upper limit is 1 1/8. They are both excellent wads but the Field Commander Z16 is my favorite so far. Nice tight patterns for medium to long range with Nickel shot.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

brit---use the Fed hulls for the heavy stuff----email me

Hey Brit,
Gone to Africa soon, I hope thats work and not play! Razz

Back to the post, I'll agree with Hoa. Feds are better for the heavy stuff as are the kent/cheddite and fiocchi. My personal fav is the sp16 by Rem. I've found it to pattern a touch better and the shot cup is plenty large.
Good luck my friend and have a safe trip.
Charlie

Member Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 524

Hey birddog: Do you have a recipe for any load using the Sp16 with the Federal purple hull? I havent been able to find one yet, but I have plenty of purple hulls and Sp16's. Thanks

Jig,
Take a look at the Hodgdon site under shotshell, 16ga. Fed hi-power.
Good luck, Charlie

Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 18

Where are you guys getting load data for the trap commander wad?

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Minnesota

Just loaded my first ever box of shotgun reloads on the sizemaster yesterday, with some help from my friend Rob.

Per Hodgdon website, we loaded in the purple federal hull:

16 gauge 1 1/8 oz. #5 Lead Shot 26.8 grains Longshot Win. 209 primer Rem. SP16 wad 8,600 PSI 1295 fps

It looks to duplicate the Fiocchi Golden Pheasant load, which we've had real good luck with. I hope it patterns well in the Citoris.

Lots's of helpful info on the Hodgdon site.

After I boxed up the 25 shells, I slapped a "HELLO MY NAME IS 1 1/8 oz. #5's" sticker on the box. Can't wait to introduce them to some pheasants.

-20m3s

rowengarner,
I've got quite a bit of data in my sixteen manual from BP. Give me an email and I'll try to send thhe info to you. would attempt to scan and paste info to email. Wait to be hearing from you.
Shoot straight and often Exclamation

Charlie

Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 15 Location: SW Michigan

I reload my Hevishot waterfowling loads with these wads and I've been very happy with 'em. They come unslit so you can customize to your heart's content. (With Hevishot, that's a great thing since getting the pattern to open up at short ranges is difficult, even with skeet chokes. Tried using BP's X-spreader but the extra work involved in placing those in each handload was a bit too much for me. Plus, I wasn't liking all the additional plastic trash I was inadvertently adding to my favorite marshes.) No recipes other than Hevi's unfortunately and those are straight outta the BP manual. I just bought another 350 for this summer's reloading activities. I'm gonna ramp up production since it looks like the Kent TM shells are going through the roof. I always thought their case price of $325 for the 1 1/16oz. load of 5's was too good to be true . . . looks like they finally got around to thinking that too.