[bill1064]

A friend of mine gave me a large quantity of Remington (OEM) Fig 8 wads.

I want to load STS, Win 209 primer, using Clays or Green Dot powder in 1 oz loads. Most data calls for the TGT12 wad.

If I use these Fig 8 wads which are more often used for 1 1/8 oz loads, will I have a stack/ crimp issue?

I have always used CB, never Remington wads before. Thanks.

 

[Nebs]

You likely will get dished crimps. You would be Ok if you were using AAHS hulls, where using Clays with a 1 oz wad causes a stack height that is too tall. Using a 1 1/8 oz wad brings the stack height down to normal. Collect some AAHS hulls and when you have enough, use the Figure 8s with them and the Clays.

 

[Lukebullitt]

They’ll probably work would be best for 9/8 ounce tho.

 

[Al 1100]

Remington (OEM) Fig 8 wads.

Not sure what kind of reloader you have, I have used these with my PW 5.5 shot bushing with 17.5 grains of Clays in a Rem. Premier hull and they make a decent reload.

 

[john h ashcraft]

You could use a bean or punch out filler wads from meat tray's. It takes extra time but the filler wads work well and weigh nothing.

 

[bubbasdad92]

I've loaded thousands of 1 oz shells with the Fig 8 wad. The crimps will likely be a little deep, but no problem. I load them on a MEC Grabber with an Automate drive. Might require a slight adjustment to the final crimp station.

 

[shannonAA]

I heard of some guys using Cheerios for a filler If the crimp was a little inverted. I wonder if you can smell the toasted oats 😝

 

[Lukebullitt]

Would using a tgt in place of a figure 8 work? I know it’s a different wad but you see a lot of people post to use a 1 ounce wad of you use a dense powder.

 

[Al 1100]

using a tgt in place of a figure 8 work?

Sure, that will work fine, but the O.P. has a large quantity of Fig.-8's he wants to use

 

[Lukebullitt]

Sure, that will work fine, but the O.P. has a large quantity of Fig.-8's he wants to use

More so was interested if that’s a solid substitution or if it’ll mess around with pressure etc.

 

[DonW217]

It sounds like the free wads are going to cost you more in time and effort than the savings. Get the appropriate wads (TGT12) and keep the FIG8s for 1.125 loads or pass them on the someone that can use them.

 

[JeffeClayslayer]

Depends on the load, but I always use the fig 8 clone or AA12 clone for 1oz green dot loads, helps with crimp and stack height.

 

[K-GUNS]

Heard a story many many years ago.

Remington came out with a fig 8 wad, not sure but could have been around the introduction of the green premier hulls.
As the story goes, the reloaders were complaining that the reloaded shell crimp would open up, wad too long in length and no one was happy about it so Remington did a redesign of the fig 8 wad buy cutting down the two circles that made the fig 8 so it ended up being shorter in length, the new fig 8 wad-white in color.

The original green full circle fig 8 wad was now re labeled as the TGT12 and you were told to use it for 1 oz loads.

If you were to open a new box of 1-1/8 oz loads from back then, they had the green wad, the one we know today as the TGT12

Only an older Remington rep could back this up but thats what I was told way back then.

Believe it....or not.

Today switching wads for proper stack height is very common depending on the powder used, back then, not so much.

Bash away.......

 

[Al 1100]

green premier hulls.

This proves you were correct about the wad, I can't remember if it was green or white.

 

[Nebs]

^^"POWDER-special blend to minimize recoil sensation."

"WAD...Lighter weight for lower recoil." This part technically is true but the recoil difference is so slight humans are incapable of perceiving it. Great marketing people.

 

[krieghoff80]

A friend of mine gave me a large quantity of Remington (OEM) Fig 8 wads.

I want to load STS, Win 209 primer, using Clays or Green Dot powder in 1 oz loads. Most data calls for the TGT12 wad.

If I use these Fig 8 wads which are more often used for 1 1/8 oz loads, will I have a stack/ crimp issue?

I have always used CB, never Remington wads before. Thanks.

Load them in gun clubs…17.5 700x on my spolar …. keep your shot drop tube high…some times you get a crappy hull that won’t look like you want it to, but it still shoots….I also bought a extra drop tube and ground 3/16ths off the length…this really works well with straight walled hulls.….have fun😃👍