I bought a Citadel Warthog semi 12ga and I’m working up a few loads to test next weekend. Various Federal hulls, Fed 12S0 and Win 12SL wads. Cylinder choke is .720 on gun and my 12S0 with ball is .719, WAA12SL with paper patch is at .720 Powder will be ExtraLite or Reddot at ~17.5 to ~18.5 gr respectively (I also have 8lbs of Bullseye so will be hunting down loads for it with these 1oz balls) Last week my first test (15 rounds) with 17.3gr of Xlite, 12S0 yielded about 6 or 7” spread at 50yards with 2 FTE. Not great ... but I was using home cut cardboard discs under the ball and one above ball for fold. Thinking of trying the 1/8” felt wad this time and roll crimp. Anyone have some recommendations on some test loads, Filler to take up slight slack between ball and wad ... any other thoughts? Felt ok for under ball support? Appreciate the feedback for this longtime cartridge reloader. Oh, the balls are range scrap, water quenched after coating, pretty hard at about .663 to .664
Thanks, TJ