Joe, rather than hurt yourself running with scissors, have you consider using the BP gas seal? 250 for under $10. I've been using them with Alcan-Bluestreak fiber wads in 2" 12 ga. handloads. When I handloaded my NID 3.5" 10 ga., I made a "spreader" type load by cutting off the gas seal and using it instead of the fully petaled Pattern Driver wad. I agree with Mike about less pressure, but if you cut off the cushioning portion of the wad as well, not so sure about that affecting pressures. Gil