Wad substitution

[greenergp]

Clay game dont have the Gaulandi super G12 magnum wad in stock but they do have the Super G magnum wads, can you sub the super g for the super g12 wad?

[Guest cookoff013]

Probably not.

Is it for steel shot? One is steel rated, the other is not.

[greenergp]

Yes it will be for steel shot, it says on claygames site they will take steel, here is a link to the page, want to make sure i get the right wad for safety and i dont want to end up with 100's of wads i cant use. Any help will be much appreciated.

 

http://www.claygame.co.uk/12ga-gualandi-magnum-wads-pd46

[Guest cookoff013]

I think ring them. They have the same wad labelled twice 2 diff prices.

 

That's bad though

[TONY R]

Clay games site has changed last few months, prices are not easy to find for anything now, just stopped looking on gthere now life is too short.

[Continental Shooter]

No you cant or, better said, you can't without adjusting it and proofing it first.

 

the different design and compound of the wad will affect the performance and, most importantly the ballistic of the shell making it potentially dangerous. So, if you need to make the change you need to adjust the powder and lead recipes and then proofing it to see what effects the changes have made to the recipes

 

The design of the Steel wad makes the column of pellets sit very low which means the column start moving as soon as the primer explodes; the SG wad sits on a shock absorber to help the powder burn and generate enough pressure to move the column forward.

 

Steel wads are made of tougher plastic which make them stiffer and gives them the ability to raise pressure, the Super G are softer which makes them more sensitive to the pressure

 

so, completely different reactions to the same action which cannot be forecasted make the shell uncontrollable and dangerous.

 

Also, chances are that the same quantity of pellets used with the Steel wad will not fit in the SG wad as they have different depths