This is sort of a heads up to LOOK at the base wad of 2 3/4" Federal hulls
From time to time I get once fired hulls batches through a friend
He is some how tied in with a company that runs tests on shotgun shells
Not sure all what tests are done
I am also not sure who pays for the tests or why they are run
But some of the hulls are cut open , I am guessing to check the amount or type of shot is in the hulls
OK this batch was mainly 12 gau Federal 2 3/4" hulls
As I sorted I found 3 different low brass hulls ( think of Top Gun or Federal Game Load ) with different height plastic base wads
Also 2 different height of the fiber base wads
I am still sorting , only 20% done
It looks like they just swept the hulls up off the floor as some looked like they were stepped on
What is printed on the hulls , a lot of the time is hard to read or nothing seems to be printed on the hull
But the 2 lowest plastic base wads were on hulls that some had Steel printed on the hull
Also some had nothing printed on the hull or 7 , 6 or 4 shot sizes , I am guessing
The medium and highest plastic base wad and a Fiber Base wad that seems to be the Federal High Power base wad hull
Many had 8 , 7 1/2 or 6 printed on the hull but not all , again I am guessing this was shot size
I also found some 2 3/4" hulls that had a fiber base wad that was lower than the normal Federal High Power base wad height
These hulls had nothing printed on the hull
I posted this to give you a heads up to check and sort before you reload
As I am sure the different base wad types and heights will result in different load data for the different types
I also have seen new Federal 2 3/4" hulls from Ballistic Products
These had a Low plastic base wad and used different load data than the Gold Medal hull
I was told that these hulls are what Federal is using in some of their 2 3/4" 1 1/8 oz steel shot loads
John