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    Re: Fiocchi Ammunition pressures Archived Message

    Posted by revdocdrew on May 15, 2007, 7:32 pm, in reply to "Fiocchi Ammunition pressures"

    Hard to know how to interpret the Fiocchi data. The website states "All products are loaded to either C.I.P. or SAAMI specifications." Fiocchi is an Italian Co. that loads most of the US products in Ozark, MO. The problem is that CIP (European/British) uses a different measurement that SAAMI (US) SO with most CIP data, you need to add 400-800 psi for the SAAMI equivalent. The Fiocchi 16GT 1 oz. load is reported to run 6810 psi, but actual pressure testing by Tom Armbrust for the 16ga Low Pressure Reloading Group showed it to be 7500 psi SO they must be using CIP data.
    The excellent B&P 16g F2 Classic is factory listed at 9,867 psi but testing by Tom Armbrust showed it to be 10,500, and I thought the recoil was VERY...uh...'moving'
    http://www.bandpusa.com/files/db_trio.pdf
    Sure would be nice if we spoke the same 'gun language' unlike Medicine.
    This confusing mess is discussed on this thread
    http://www.16ga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3428
    And as we all know-low pressure to save the action, low recoil to be kind to the maybe 100 year old wood (and yourself!)


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