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Yes, its the old Perazzi guns where the problem lies, Types I, II and III. Yours is likely a Type IV which are good to go. The B and P Comp I shells are great great loads. Im surprised they arent working out well in your Fox gun. Good luck Stan
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Yes, mine is a Winchester imported type 4. 54XXX serial number range. Thanks, buzz.
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I've used RST and Gamebore in both 16's and 12's. Gamebore typically has a much narrower selection of loads, pressure is higher (between 7000 and 8000 psi roughly) and way more recoil. Now that I have access to RST, I am using my Gamebore for actual hunting and will likely not replace it when it's gone.
Don't forget, Kent has just brought out a lowish pressure 2 1/2" load. That's a fair point. Until that recent low pressure load, the Gamebores we've seen in this country have been almost exclusively field loads, not target loads. That being said, 7-8,000 psi isn't particularly high in terms of pressure. Well below the service pressure of 10,730 psi for CIP "standard proof" guns.
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Agreed Larry. I was just trying to make the point that, while well below CIP, the Gamebore are typically higher than the RST.
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I have never understood the Mania toward Super low pressures. Any gun I own which will not handle 8K psi is to me purely a Wall Hanger. I have one gun which is in such sad condition I do not shoot it even with Black. I keep it purely because it belonged to my Grandfather. The rest including Damascus & Twist I have for a number of years shot with loads in the 7K-8K range with never a sweat.
I was never a competitive shooter, but a hunter so most of my shells I want to ensure will perform up to Snuff even under cold conditions, thus I do not prefer loads with less than around 7K.
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Has anyone mentioned Caledonian shotshells? I purchase and shoot them. They are 2 5/8 and can be had in 3/4, 7/8 and 1 ounce loads.
At around $66 a flat they are a bargain and they perform great.
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RST, I had a friend purchase a flat of 16 gauge paper loads at the Southern last weekend.
Shooting them in his fantastic Grant gun. On at least two occasions the brass separated from the paper causing the paper hull to lodge inside the chamber.
That's all I needed to see.
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Has anyone mentioned Caledonian shotshells? I purchase and shoot them. They are 2 5/8 and can be had in 3/4, 7/8 and 1 ounce loads.
At around $66 a flat they are a bargain and they perform great. Never heard of them. Where do you find them?
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http://www.shellsrusllc.com/caledonian.htmlNo 16 ga Caledonian exported to the US that I know of As for the cheditte paper hull RST uses (both RST and Polywad source the same plastic chedittes) it is not as uncommon as we would wish. It has happened to me with the cheditte paper hulls I got from BPI
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