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12-30-2005, 04:11 PM
I've got a large supply of all brass 12 GA shot shells my dad brought back from Korea. I shot all of these over the years but hung onto the brass. Yesterday I decided to try reloading them.
I deprimed the hulls using a Lee tool. Then I tumbled them for a few hours. I reprimed them using large rifle primers (pistol might have been better as they are softer and pop easier) and a 12 GA shell holder I bought from RCBS. I just used the priming arm on my press.
I loaded them with 95 grains by volume of GOEX 2F. On top of this I used a 1/8" Circle Fly nitro wad. I actually used 11/2 of these to get the right wad height. Then I added two Cricle Fly 11 GA fiber wads. Using an old Mec, I compressed them with 60 lbs wad pressure. Then I added 11/8 oz. 71/2 shot. I capped this off with a 10 GA circle Fly over-shot wad. I added three drops of super glue to the edge of the wad and let it all dry.
What I would really like is someone to turn me a small tool that I could insert into the case mouth that would radius the over shot wad slightly. Ideally it would be something I could chuck in a drill press and lower down onto the wad. That would give me a nice smooth finished look to the hull.
If I get a chance this weekend I'm going to try them. Tests with just primed hulls indicate that not all of the primers fire on the first hit. I cleaned the pockets, reemed them and set the primers snuggly in place. However, it seems they sit just a tad low in the case. All fire on the second hit however.
Any takers on the tool? I'm willing to work out a trade or cash.
R J Talley
I deprimed the hulls using a Lee tool. Then I tumbled them for a few hours. I reprimed them using large rifle primers (pistol might have been better as they are softer and pop easier) and a 12 GA shell holder I bought from RCBS. I just used the priming arm on my press.
I loaded them with 95 grains by volume of GOEX 2F. On top of this I used a 1/8" Circle Fly nitro wad. I actually used 11/2 of these to get the right wad height. Then I added two Cricle Fly 11 GA fiber wads. Using an old Mec, I compressed them with 60 lbs wad pressure. Then I added 11/8 oz. 71/2 shot. I capped this off with a 10 GA circle Fly over-shot wad. I added three drops of super glue to the edge of the wad and let it all dry.
What I would really like is someone to turn me a small tool that I could insert into the case mouth that would radius the over shot wad slightly. Ideally it would be something I could chuck in a drill press and lower down onto the wad. That would give me a nice smooth finished look to the hull.
If I get a chance this weekend I'm going to try them. Tests with just primed hulls indicate that not all of the primers fire on the first hit. I cleaned the pockets, reemed them and set the primers snuggly in place. However, it seems they sit just a tad low in the case. All fire on the second hit however.
Any takers on the tool? I'm willing to work out a trade or cash.
R J Talley