Gualandi GU 1225 Wad question

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I need help identifying a Gualandi wad.

Hodgdon lists light loads using the Gaulandi GU 1225 wad. I can't find these wads mentioned anywhere on the internet, at Gualandi's website.
Mike at the Hodgdon reloading help desk said the GU 1225 wads used in the testing were obtained from Ballistic products. The young fellow at Ballistic products could not tell me if the GU 1225 wad was discontinued, or was a Ballistic products name for a wad Gualandi currently manufactures under another name.

I have done many internet searches for this wad, or mention of this wad.

It is rather silly of Hodgdon to publish reloading data with components that don't seem to exist.

I suspect this wad is the same as the Gualandi H-25 but I do not want to take any chances and get a load with too much pressure.
 
Wads what weight of shot charge are you loading for? 7/8 oz? 24 gram international load. I've got a serious large bag of G wads, in 12 gauge, but I'd say with the shallow depth of the shotcup they are a target load wad. FS
 
Wads what weight of shot charge are you loading for? 7/8 oz? 24 gram international load. I've got a serious large bag of G wads, in 12 gauge, but I'd say with the shallow depth of the shotcup they are a target load wad. FS

24 gram or 3/4 oz loads for 12 gauge at 1020 fps.
I have been using 1 oz and 7/8 oz loads for a while.
and I have dropped the 7/8 oz load to 3/4 oz by placing a 20 gauge over shot card in the wad to take up the space. Ideally I would like a 12gauge 5/8 oz or 1/2 oz load of #8 1/2 or #9 Shot at 1020 fps or so for upland bird hunting.
The goal is to save on shot, reduce the recoil, reduce the noise, and not have to pick 1/4 oz of shot out of a ruffy killed at fifteen yards.
I've found that the lower velocities combined with lighter loads give a beautiful pattern.
7/8 oz of #9 at 1020 fps or so works not too bad shooting trap out to thirty yards as well. After 30 yards there is the odd clay pigeon sized hole in the pattern with these loads.
I currently use the H-25 for 1 oz and 7/8 oz loads but would like a wad that would work without a filler.
 
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