Need Remington SportLoad 12ga loads

rbernie · December 4, 2009, 06:28 PM

I have quite a stock of Remington SportLoad 12ga hulls that I'd like to use to make 7/8oz practice loads. Sadly, Lyman (5th Ed.) doesn't show much in the way of load data for these specific hulls and 7/8oz shot charges.

Has anyone worked up any light loads for these hulls that they'd care to share? I'm specifically looking for wad recommendations.

noyes · December 5, 2009, 12:08 AM

Try Shotgun World.

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/index.php

olddrum1 · December 7, 2009, 02:09 AM

Try googling Hodgdons reloading data. Great web based data base.

rbernie · December 7, 2009, 07:24 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Shotgunworld wasn't very useful in the end (most likely because my SearchFu failed me), but I'd forgotten that Hodgdon runs a decent set of data and their site proved helpful. Nobody has much data for the BPI or CB proprietary wads, but I suppose that's to be expected.

I can always default to the WAA12L wad, but I'm likely to try the SuperSpark or similar with a middlin' load of Clays just to see how they work out.

BigJimP · December 7, 2009, 07:45 PM

I believe the Remington sportload hulls and the "gun club" hulls are the same - but some of the sportload marked Rem hulls are 6 point crimp and some are 8 point crimp ......

In general, you won't get very many reloads from "gun club" hulls - and if the sportload hulls are even lighter weight plastic / it may be less.

I would probably recommend you dump the sportload hulls / get some Rem STS or Nitro hulls - and load them using the Hodgdon specs - with Hodgdon Clays, 7/8 oz, Rem 209P primer and the WAA12SL or WAA12L wad or an equivalent per the Hodgdon tables. Personally I like the WAA12SL wad ( since I use it in 1 oz and 7/8 oz loads - and a load of around 1250 fps in 7/8 oz in the tables.

oneounceload · December 7, 2009, 08:02 PM

go to shotgunworld.com and then to the reloading section - ask Curly.

December 4, 2009, 06:28 PM	#1
rbernie Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2004 Location: Plain Ol', TX Posts: 713	Need Remington SportLoad 12ga loads I have quite a stock of Remington SportLoad 12ga hulls that I'd like to use to make 7/8oz practice loads. Sadly, Lyman (5th Ed.) doesn't show much in the way of load data for these specific hulls and 7/8oz shot charges. Has anyone worked up any light loads for these hulls that they'd care to share? I'm specifically looking for wad recommendations. __________________ -A conclusion is not a destination, it's simply a convenient place to stop thinking.- -Reading a thing doesn't automatically make it so; repeating it doesn't necessarily make it any truer.- -Every Texan should be a member of the Texas State Rifle Association. Last edited by rbernie; December 4, 2009 at 09:51 PM.

December 7, 2009, 07:24 PM	#4
rbernie Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2004 Location: Plain Ol', TX Posts: 713	Thanks for the suggestions. Shotgunworld wasn't very useful in the end (most likely because my SearchFu failed me), but I'd forgotten that Hodgdon runs a decent set of data and their site proved helpful. Nobody has much data for the BPI or CB proprietary wads, but I suppose that's to be expected. I can always default to the WAA12L wad, but I'm likely to try the SuperSpark or similar with a middlin' load of Clays just to see how they work out. __________________ -A conclusion is not a destination, it's simply a convenient place to stop thinking.- -Reading a thing doesn't automatically make it so; repeating it doesn't necessarily make it any truer.- -Every Texan should be a member of the Texas State Rifle Association.

December 5, 2009, 12:08 AM	#2
noyes Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2008 Posts: 1,032	Try Shotgun World. http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/index.php

December 7, 2009, 02:09 AM	#3
olddrum1 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 807	Try googling Hodgdons reloading data. Great web based data base.

December 7, 2009, 07:45 PM	#5
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I believe the Remington sportload hulls and the "gun club" hulls are the same - but some of the sportload marked Rem hulls are 6 point crimp and some are 8 point crimp ...... In general, you won't get very many reloads from "gun club" hulls - and if the sportload hulls are even lighter weight plastic / it may be less. I would probably recommend you dump the sportload hulls / get some Rem STS or Nitro hulls - and load them using the Hodgdon specs - with Hodgdon Clays, 7/8 oz, Rem 209P primer and the WAA12SL or WAA12L wad or an equivalent per the Hodgdon tables. Personally I like the WAA12SL wad ( since I use it in 1 oz and 7/8 oz loads - and a load of around 1250 fps in 7/8 oz in the tables.

December 7, 2009, 08:02 PM	#6
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	go to shotgunworld.com and then to the reloading section - ask Curly.