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It seems that 16 gauge shotshell reloading wads are like chicken teeth to get here in Australia.
I went through the exercise of finding them from an American supplier on the net & clicked A carton of 5000 of them into my cart to get a price + post.
Turns out that to get those wads here was a total of $440 American. Exchange rate that & it is then $562.66 Australian.
Wad component of that is $122 American.
Free delivery to lower 48 at home.
We do have Cabela's & Midway as online Australian suppliers & I emailed them for quotes, on which I am waiting for a reply.
O.M

They're also more expensive in the States. But not that much more expensive.

I'm sorry stuff from here is so expensive for you to purchase. I like your Winchester 1oz 16ga shells. I pay $9.17 per box of 25. The ones packed in Browning black & yellow boxes are abut $3 to $4 more per box.

Email polywad

Midway au. got back to me. No wads available.
Cabela's au. Import restrictions prevent them from being able to help me.

Thanks 67 I will try your recommendation.
O.M

I just use felt wads. I get them direct from Eley Bros. England. (I live in England so very easy). Maybe they would post a bag full on at the right price. Better than chucking bits of plastic all over the countryside. Lagopus.....

If you can't find felt wads Down Under or if prohibitively expensive, you could make them yourself. www.ebay.au search for "felt" and "industrial felt". A nitro card might protect them from melting (if non-wool and polyester based)
There are hollow punches available on ebay.au that can cut them out. I've tried felt wads and they sure do lead the barrel which for me is difficult to remove. Gil

I�ve never did this so I maybe talking thru my hat but might it not be possible to make up wads with a felt base inside a paper tube? Obviously more fragile than plastic but should cure the leading problem. Paper tube can be made with a little glue and a wooden dowel. You might even start a business.

Home rolled Mylar shot wrapper over your own custom punched felt and cardboard wads will at least keep you shooting, if a tad tedious to make.

Strangely, Winchester loads 16 gauge shells in... Australia.

Tie Me Kangraoo Down, Sport.

Sport, my kangaroo is getting tied down on this at the moment.
Waiting on a reply from Brownell's Australia.
They have, in stock, Remington 1 1/8 Oz wads in plastic for taper wall cases; That is compression formed cases.
They think there may be old stock for straight wall cases & are checking on that for me & will email back that info.

As you mention Shotgunjones, Winchester do make 16 gauge loads here but for some reason their web site does not offer 16 g wads.
Strange that.

Lagopus, GLS & nialmac, I thank you for that advise on alternatives. I have been thinking along those lines my self & the tediousness of the process has held me back for a bit while I exhaust all other avenues.
I do want to keep the lead off the barrel walls for a couple or three reasons, one is leading & the other is pellet distortion.
The gun is choked modified & modified & I don't really want to open up patterns any more.

The cases that I have are a motley looking mob & I will be separating them by make & colour for differing shot sizes.
All are modern straight wall ribbed cases & lead shot.

Winchester Au. Super X high brass. 2 3/4". Red.
Federal USA. Game Shok high brass. 2 3/4". Purple.
Eley GB. VIP high brass. 70mm. Blue.
CRC. Italy. RC16 low brass. 67mm. Green.

In the past I have loaded straight wall 12g cases with Win AAA wads made for compression formed AAA taper cases & nothing untoward happened.
Question. If I can only get the Remington wads for taper cases, can anyone foresee a problem using them in the straight wall cases that I have ?
O.M