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Federal Top Gun Hulls/ Gold Medal Hulls???

HookturnrHookturnr Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
I'm new to shotshell reloading and I think I've got a handle on most of it. My question is this, can you use the same recipe's for the federal gold medal hulls in the federal top gun hulls? The only difference I can find is the top gun hull has a cardboard basewad. I'm looking to build the following load: Federal Top Gun Hull, 17.5 gr. Clays, Rem. Fig8 wad, Fed. 209A primer, 1 1/8 oz. #7.5 magnum shot. The hodgdon manual shows this to be a pretty light pressure load in the gold medal hull so will it interchange? I've got around 1500 top gun hulls I'd like to get a few reloads out of if I can before I buck up and switch to AA hulls. any and all help will be appreciated!
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  • leadburnerleadburner Member Posts: 81 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi,Hookturnr,and welcome.The load books tell you to follow recipes exactly.Having said that,if that load you are trying crimps well,I would shoot it,although I'm kinda stuck on cci primers.[:)]
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  • ddhotbotddhotbot Member Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    try the load in a few of those hulls and see how they crimp.if they are low use a filler too bring it up too where it gives you a good crimp.if its too tall then you have too use a shorter wad .hope this helps
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  • HookturnrHookturnr Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thx for the advice guys. I switched to the rem tgt12 wad and they crimp just fine. My only concern was whether or not the pressure spike risk was significant between the two hulls. From what I can find, the top gun hulls actually produce a lighter pressure than the gold medal hulls when using identical loads. I went through a few reloading manuals and found 9 different loads that when using the same components except for the hull you end up around 800 psi lower in the top gun hull. I'm gonna load a few up and see how they shoot and take it from there.
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