This is/was my 1st try at loading .735 round ball.
I did quite a bit of research and sent a (few ) messages to longbow just to verify I was heading in the right direction.
Also a 1st was using brand new hulls for this build. I must be missing something, as I can't get a decent fold crimp to save my life.
Anyway here's the component list and the shells.
- 2 3/4" Fiocchi hull
- Fiocchi 616 primer
- 36 grs. Blue Dot
- X12X plastic gas seal
- 1/2 Waxed Hard Card wad
- 1 x 0.125" nitro card wad
- .735" RB - pure Pb
1st pic is per the above listed build list.
Then I added a clear OS card trying to help the fold crimp - broke the card - second pic
Then I swapped out the .125 nitro card for a .170 nitro card and tried a roll crimp - I didn't trim the hull to a roll crimp length.
The last couple of pics are
- same build list except using a Federal roll crimp hull
- trimmed 12S4 - .125 nitro card, Federal roll crimp hull
Any advise on star crimping new Fiocchi hull ????
Scott