greenergp Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I have just been given permission to shoot on some farmland, but i have to use fibre wads, There is no load data in any of my books ( apart from an old shooting times load book circa 1976) most of the components are impossible to get now. Does anyone have any loads for 70mm and 76mm cheddite hulls using fibre wads and lead shot, i have bluedot and longshot powder. thanks to anyone who can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Don't know if John at Folkestone Engineering can help. He sells fibre wads and I believe has loading recipes. Certainly for the 410 I use. Pull up his web site of Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenergp Posted October 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Iv'e looked at his site but he uses Maxam powder, i would like to try and use the powders i have already, i wont be loading a high volume of lead loads just some for the occasional day out. thanks...james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 I have just been given permission to shoot on some farmland, but i have to use fibre wads, There is no load data in any of my books ( apart from an old shooting times load book circa 1976) most of the components are impossible to get now. Does anyone have any loads for 70mm and 76mm cheddite hulls using fibre wads and lead shot, i have bluedot and longshot powder. thanks to anyone who can help. you could probably cobble together a fibre load. i did in the past a 42g lead load with A1, for subsonics and i did it with wiggle room for speed. both blue dot and longshot operate in the same area. if you look at the blue dot data from alliant it seems 35-37 grains prove to be fruitful in a fiocchi hull, with 1,1/2oz of shot. while this may be in 70mm / plastic wad. when i reinvented the wheel, i used 3" primer powder 4mm powdercard 20mm fibre 1,1/2oz lead shot crimp just to cover myself really. find better data, have the data tested by a reputable laboratory and always use a scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Using the same caveat as above ... the Hodgdon website will have load data for longshot in that area... but plastic wads ... again not exact recipe, but a good starting point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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