16ga canuck paper hulls reloading

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I recieved a whole bunch of once fired canuk paper hulls with paper base wads for 16 gauge and would like to reload them. Anybody have any idea on reloading them or any sources to look at?
 
There is no problem loading them with black powder. 70 grains FFg, over powder card, cushion wad to suit, 1 ounce of shot.
The first Lyman Handbook for Shotshell loading has plastic Canuck hulls with paper base wad.
I don't know a source of data for the paper hulls.
 
tacticalsixgun said:
I recieved a whole bunch of once fired canuk paper hulls with paper base wads for 16 gauge and would like to reload them. Anybody have any idea on reloading them or any sources to look at?
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Please tell us how many a whole bunch is, then we can help you determine wether or not to be bothered trying to load them.....?
 
I have all 5 of the Lyman Shotshell Reloading Handbooks and, as stated, the first is the only one with Canuck paper hulls but 2 and, maybe 3 have loads for Federal paper hulls.

If you shoot me your email, I will scan and return.
 
As stated, reloading with black powder presents no challenge, keep your payload to 15/16 or one ounce of shot, use the 2 1/2 dram measure or weight equivalent and enough fibre, felt or cork wads to fill the case and allow for the crimp. Roll crimps are best. I don't know of any published data for smokeless loads specifically for 16 gauge Canuck ( or Maxum, Imperial) paper cases but there may be some help on various 16 gauge forums. Play safe, there are no substitutions extrapolation or guessing with shotgun reloading, use only trusted published pressure tested data. I have done extensive reloading with 12 gauge paper Federal, Canuck, Maxum, Winchester, Gamebore and several forgotten Italian brands, the Federal are the best. Look for genuine brass, not yellow coloured steel bases (use a magnet) and avoid any damaged cases. Repeated crimps will deteriorate the case mouths and may only provide 2-3 reloadings and with black powder you will get tiny burn through pinholes just ahead of the metal, the cases should be discarded at that point.
 
Original paper Canucks would have been factory loaded with nitro cards and fibre wads. I would think that you would need to source 16 bore wads like I mentioned. They are available in Canada. A 209 primer (Winchester) some old school shotgun powder like Unique and the right wad height combo would still work now as it did then. Are these hulls roll crimped or fold crimped? Remember these hulls will have rolled paper base wads and they often come loose causing extreme hazard in a shotgun. Inspect each hull for this condition then spend some time on the shotgun reloading forums. That will get you started.

Darryl
 
I have some Canuck Paper 12 ga hulls, they take the old size 57* primer, smaller than a 209. Suspect that the Canuck 16 ga. would be the same. You're going to have to get lucky to find 57* primers, perhaps at a gun show. They were made back in the day by CCI and Remington perhaps others.
 
I have an empty box of CIL No. 4BP primers . . . on the back of the box it says "For All Brands And Gauges Of CIL Smokeless Powder Shotshells." These primers would fit your hulls, but they are also a gun show item only.
 
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