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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ 20 ga. wads |
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:14 pm
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Location: Northern Wisconsin
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Does anyone have experience using a 20 ga. wad, such as the Winchester orange duster wad, in a tapered 16 ga. shell, such as a Remington, in order to avoid needing a filler wad when shooting 7/8 oz. loads? |
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:53 pm
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Last edited by mike campbell on Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:52 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:17 am
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i use the orange duster, it works great for 7/8 oz in the rem black hull. |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:22 am
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Actually, the Federal 20S1 wad has a skirt diameter as big as any 20 ga wad I've measured. It also has a very deep hemispherical cup on the bottom. It obturates very well. The diameter and the bottom cup form were the reasons I tried it in an RGL hull. It works extremely well as a substitute.
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:14 am
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16gaugeguy wrote: |
Actually, the Federal 20S1 wad has a skirt diameter as big as any 20 ga wad I've measured. It also has a very deep hemispherical cup on the bottom. It obturates very well. The diameter and the bottom cup form were the reasons I tried it in an RGL hull. It works extremely well as a substitute.
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16gg the only problem with the Federal 20S1 wad is that it is designed for a 1 ounce load and you will still need a filler in order to get a proper crimp on 7/8th ounce loads. |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:54 am
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Twice Barrel wrote: |
16gaugeguy wrote: |
Actually, the Federal 20S1 wad has a skirt diameter as big as any 20 ga wad I've measured. It also has a very deep hemispherical cup on the bottom. It obturates very well. The diameter and the bottom cup form were the reasons I tried it in an RGL hull. It works extremely well as a substitute.
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16gg the only problem with the Federal 20S1 wad is that it is designed for a 1 ounce load and you will still need a filler in order to get a proper crimp on 7/8th ounce loads.
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TB, I think if you check existing data out, you might find the 20S1 is the wad designed for loading 7/8 ounce skeet loads in the Federal 20 gauge target hulls. However, it could have some limited use for 1 ounce loads as well.
I was able to load 7/8 ounce 16 gauge loads with it in the RGL hull without filler wads by carefully adjusting my crimp starter and crimping dies. 3/4 ounce loads did require two 28 gauge card wads in the cup to get good crimps. However, roomier 16 ga hulls probabvly would require the use of fillers.
Thankfully, the increased supply of suitable 16 ga wads we've enjoyed in the last couple of years has pretty much eliminated the need to sub out 20 gauge wads for 16 gauge reloading. Charles's new Downrange wad will end the required use of fillers for most subgauge 16 ga loads as well. Things have improved greatly in a very short time thanks to the efforts of some of the folks on this site. the existance of the site itself has also been a big positive factor in the 16 gauge comeback. Works for me. |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:04 am
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16gaugeguy wrote: |
Twice Barrel wrote: |
16gaugeguy wrote: |
Actually, the Federal 20S1 wad has a skirt diameter as big as any 20 ga wad I've measured. It also has a very deep hemispherical cup on the bottom. It obturates very well. The diameter and the bottom cup form were the reasons I tried it in an RGL hull. It works extremely well as a substitute.
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16gg the only problem with the Federal 20S1 wad is that it is designed for a 1 ounce load and you will still need a filler in order to get a proper crimp on 7/8th ounce loads.
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TB, I think if you check existing data out, you might find the 20S1 is the wad designed for loading 7/8 ounce skeet loads in the Federal 20 gauge target hulls. However, it could have some limited use for 1 ounce loads as well.
I was able to load 7/8 ounce 16 gauge loads with it in the RGL hull without filler wads by carefully adjusting my crimp starter and crimping dies. 3/4 ounce loads did require two 28 gauge card wads in the cup to get good crimps. However, roomier 16 ga hulls probabvly would require the use of fillers.
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Federal lists the 20S1 wad as a 1 ounce and 7/8th ounce wad. Obviously if the wad will accommodate a 1 ounce load in a 20 gauge hull it will accommodate a 1 ounce load in a 16 gauge hull and to do so it will have excess internal capacity when used for a lighter shot charge. You are also aware that approximately 1/8th inches of filler is required to displace 1/8th ounce of shot in the 16 gauge wad. You have confirmed this in your statement that in order to load a 3/4 ounce shot charge you were required to use 2 1/8th inch 28 gauge filler wads in order to obtain a suitable crimp. I think you probably could fiddle around with your seating die to obtain a crimp that would hold the shot in but it would either be extremely dished or would be excessively deep which would have the effect of increasing chamber pressure (see Tom Armbrust article of affects of crimp depth on chamber pressure). |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:02 pm
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I did use fillers for the 3/4 ounce load. However, the 20 ga shot cup petals also spread out more in a 16 gauge hull. I did not need fillers for the 7/8 ounce load. All I needed to do was adjust the crimp starter and crimp dies. I did not use the wad for 1 ounce loads, but I'd wager I could have managed to. So I'd have to say the 20S1 wad used in a 20 gauge hull splits the difference between 7/8 and 1 ounce based on the hull it is used in and the required powder charge.
You will find the same thing is true for a number of the older 20 gauge one piece wad designs for polyformed hulls before the advent of compression formed hulls.
Anyway, the problem we are discussing in regard to 16 gauge reloading has become extinct. We do not need to resort to 20 gauge wads anymore. |
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:57 pm
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16gaugeguy wrote: |
Anyway, the problem we are discussing in regard to 16 gauge reloading has become extinct. We do not need to resort to 20 gauge wads anymore.
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Then why did you feel compelled to jump in with your unnecessary post? |
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:23 am
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That should be obvious. I did so to offer Thunderwolf an alternative 20 gauge wad choice that will work very well for his purpose. It worked very for me in the hull he is asking about.
Some of us also understand that the new Downrange 16 ga subload wad will be available soon. Having to resort to 20 gauge wads for 7/8 ounce 16 ga loads will be a thing of the past in a short time. Again, useful information to have.
So why are you asking why TB? |
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Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:02 pm
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Strange... no answer. Perhaps some help is needed. Pick one of the following TB.
A) I don't have a clue.
B) I'm off my meds again.
C) I'm not on meds but need to be.
D) My spirit has been taken over by Hitler's ghost. I plan to conquer the world starting with this web site.
E) All of the above.
F) None of the above.
G) What question?
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Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:41 pm
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16gaugeguy wrote: |
Strange... no answer. Perhaps some help is needed. Pick one of the following TB.
A) I don't have a clue.
B) I'm off my meds again.
C) I'm not on meds but need to be.
D) My spirit has been taken over by Hitler's ghost. I plan to conquer the world starting with this web site.
E) All of the above.
F) None of the above.
G) What question?
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I suppose I could respond with something witty like "eat shit and die" but I wont. Instead I will just ignore posts from an ignorant little piss ant such as yourself. Consider yourself ignored. |
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Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:44 am
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Works for me. |
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Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:01 pm
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ajaxfjr wrote: |
i use the orange duster, it works great for 7/8 oz in the rem black hull.
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Me too. The orange duster works better than the WAA20 in the Remington hull. All we can do is speculate that the plastic used by downrange is more malleable than the WAA20 allowing it to seal a 16 ga. bore better. |
Last edited by RWG on Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:18 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:16 pm
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The WAA16 wad seals the 16 ga bore just fine. I have used a least 5 cases and am working on another 2 cases. (Yes they are the original Winchester WAA16 wad, not a clone.) Most have been with Remington cases and Universal powder, and they are used in semi autos.
While it is true that the WAA16 wad does have powder migration issues with certain powders in the straight wall cases, it does NOT have a bore seal problem.
If we stop loading the 16 gauge down, using half baked and half tested loads, and stop switching components, all of these so called "problems" go away. |
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