daisyrob1 Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hi ordered some fiocchi 70mm 12g cases I want to reload with lead & fibre, loads I want are 34g and 36g with 2.5mm size shot what size wad and and over powder card should I use. Thanks T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 Ring John at Folkestone Engineering he will advise, with that rpblem, supply the materials and also some loading data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 It will depend on what powder you are using and the volume it takes up in the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, daisyrob1 said: Hi ordered some fiocchi 70mm 12g cases I want to reload with lead & fibre, loads I want are 34g and 36g with 2.5mm size shot what size wad and and over powder card should I use. Thanks T Are you following a tested recipe ? If so it will tell you ,what powder are you using ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyrob1 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 22 minutes ago, holloway said: Are you following a tested recipe ? If so it will tell you ,what powder are you using ? I'm following recipes from folkestone engineering using psb+2sp but the data is for 5 and 6 shot. Cheers T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 13 hours ago, daisyrob1 said: I'm following recipes from folkestone engineering using psb+2sp but the data is for 5 and 6 shot. Cheers T Good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 13 hours ago, daisyrob1 said: I'm following recipes from folkestone engineering using psb+2sp but the data is for 5 and 6 shot. Cheers T The weight of the shot will be the same just have to adjust column height (maybe a bit of trial and error) to get your crimp right . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyrob1 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 9 hours ago, holloway said: The weight of the shot will be the same just have to adjust column height (maybe a bit of trial and error) to get your crimp right . Thinking 4mm over card 20mm wad can the wad be cut down if need be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 54 minutes ago, daisyrob1 said: Thinking 4mm over card 20mm wad can the wad be cut down if need be? 4mm over card and 20mm wad are normally for a 28gram clay pigeon loads, so 34gm or 36gm will need a much shorter wad. You can cut the wads but it ain’t much fun if you have lots to cut and should not be necessary. Going from 6 shot to 6.5 shot will change the shot volume by a little perhaps resulting in 1 or 2mm more wad length needed. Speak to one of the component supplier or Folkestone do a mixed wad pack of various combinations of wads. These days I only load 28gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) On 05/02/2021 at 20:00, daisyrob1 said: Thinking 4mm over card 20mm wad can the wad be cut down if need be? Just cut spacer wads from cereal packets to pack it out if you need to when tweaking / experimenting with the wad column height. Years ago when money was tight we made whole wad columns out of cereal packets and apart from being fiddly and producing showers of confetti they worked perfectly well. Edited February 6, 2021 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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