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I have the Activ data book and there is no data for what you have listed. They only have Activ hulls with non Activ components.
The #4 Lyman Shotshell Reloading Handbook only have loads with the Activ hulls.
You might want to consider purchasing different wads.
The #4 Lyman Shotshell Reloading Handbook only have loads with the Activ hulls.
You might want to consider purchasing different wads.
I have a Active loading manual no loads shown for 7/8 with w28 wad they start at one ounce in Active hulls and use slow powders 800x Herco Blue Dot Hs6 Hs7. The Red Dot is generally considered to fast for the 20 gauge Unique works but not ideal. The w-28 may work in a strait walled case like Federal with Green Dot and fillers but what's the point buy new wads.
Don't know about that one LOL. This time of year I am house bound so spend a of of time on the pc. That all changes april 1st when 30,000 flowers have to be planted in the greenhouses
Shotguns and reloading for them is my love
I sure wish I could get one up on the mrs LOL. I only screwed up and was wrong 5 times so far today
When I came out of the coal mines after closure I had to learn to type to keep feeding the family so my fingers are 100 times faster than my old brain
I picked up 1000 activ wads and new activ hulls for the 16ga last year which is why I had the data close. Could not get the smile off my face for days
Take care
I have one bag of 3" 12ga left and six boxes of the 20ga ( 125 total) and the big lot of 16ga
They are a great hull. As good as the old AA IMO
Cheers
Anyone know why they stop making them?
Most won't remember the old now defunct Herters Co the originators of that hull after they shutdown Active picked up the concept but like most things money or lack of rules most businesses . A lot have come and gone through the years. And 3macs1 I am up on you this time I have 10 new bags and 300 once fired and lots of active wads but I think we are both suffering from some short of addiction ?
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I know 16ga reloaders would kill to have a compression formed hull like them today and they could name their price but agree with what you are saying
Many said they were ahead of their time with no brass base and Kent buying them out took care of the rest
Cheers
BP has a good write up on them
What (Were) "Activ" Hulls?
Activ hulls were produced by Activ Corporation of Kearneysville, WV in the 1970s through the late 1990s. The shells utilized a material they called "biaxial" which basically meant that the "grain" of the plastic allowed the hulls to stretch lengthwise, but not outward.
Biaxial material allowed "off the press loading" without resizing. For this reason, Activ hulls were preferred for built-up specialty handloads. As the illustration depicts, the steel ring, molded right into the hull's base, gives the Activ great structural integrity. The plastic conformed well with roll crimped loads and Activ hulls could be rolled over and over again without deteriorating. In the field, Activ hulls cycle through almost any automatic -- making these hulls an easy fix for a frustrating gun problem.
Skived mouths of the Activ hulls provided a perfect platform for roll crimping. You could use your choice of an 8 or 6 point. There's a multitude of sporting clays loads for Activ, ranging from 7/8 oz. on up. High-performance field loads for upland, waterfowl and slugs.
We miss the old Activ hulls, but modern technology has produced new hulls that work just as well in all applications, and even better in some. For instance, the new Multi-Hulls have the same large capacity and versatility for crimping along with superior longitudinal strength - an advantage over the former Activ hull.
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