I tried the 16 ga filler inside the wad. I ended up with the nitro card on the powder, then the SP-10 wad atop. The advantage for me is that most of the shot is inside the protective petals of the wad and suffer less shot deformation/leading.
If you are fold crimping 2 7/8", just leave out the nitro-card. I used to put a card-over wad before fold crimping, just to be sure nothing slipped past my crimps. Those Federal 10s were tough for me to keep closed.
I have never looked back since switching to roll crimping. It was a long wait on ebay to find a vintage Lyman 10 roll crimper.
Remember, you don't have to be married to exactly 2 7/8" it can be shorter if necessary.
I usually shoot my Fed 10s 2-3 times at 2 7/8" then shorten them to 2 5/8" for a last couple of loads throuh my old Boswell 2 5/8" 10 hammer, ca 1878.
Hey 40x,
I have a Thomas Turner damascus 12 with scalloped stock. 5 3/4 lb with 28" bbls. It is a quail killing machine. Don Amos, Mr. MOI measured it and proclaimed it to be dynamically identical to a 2" game gun. I corrected Don's statement. My 1894 Thomas Turner lightweight predates the 2" game gun by about 35 years. So the correct statement would seem to be, the 2" game gun duplicates the weight and handling qualities of a Turner lightweight.
Joe
