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Just got a hold of some new 3 inch chedite cases in 3 inch 20ga , i have not loaded any 3 inch steel in 20 before what wads are available and what sort of shot weight can you get them to hold, can they load 1 1/8 oz in the 20 with steel or are there just wads for 1 oz? Any load recipes i should look at.

rickman wrote:Just got a hold of some new 3 inch chedite cases in 3 inch 20ga , i have not loaded any 3 inch steel in 20 before what wads are available and what sort of shot weight can you get them to hold, can they load 1 1/8 oz in the 20 with steel or are there just wads for 1 oz? Any load recipes i should look at.

Can't do 1 1/8. 1-oz is max, and slow, at that. Most folks prefer 7/8 oz loads. I'm a fan of 1-oz. Helarco & B&P, along with RSI make steel wads for the 20.

Thanks i have some Propulsion Technologies VP92 Wads used to be Vagner will hold an ounce of steel i will see if i can dig up any data for this wad in the 76mm case.