Originally Posted by
phaessler
Managed to get out this morning for a little shooting. Was interesting to see the other hulls performance, or lack of. Remington hulls were reused buckshot hulls, loaded with 44gn BlueDot and the identical set of components I have been using all along, groups were 2" at 100yds, and alot of unburnt powder. Winchesters were reused hulls from 2's, origin unknown, but the groups were horrible 4"+ with an identical set of components/charge. Both hulls were 3", Remington a 6pt fold, Winchester an 8pt. fold. Not sure how well these hulls are sealing with the two seals/wad I am using, the fit seemed a little looser than with the FIocchi hulls.
Took a chamber cast, and did it take alot of cerrosafe, thought it would never fill. The throat definently needs some polishing, reamer marks are very prominent, and the ejector is 0.010" lower than the chamber, might try refitting it, read something about a spring and shim set-up to help this.
Planning on sending some loaded rounds out for pressure testing after Christmas, will need to get casting though, amazing how quickly you burn thru these things.
Pete