FYI --
For Cowboy Action 12-ga shotgun loads, I use an ancient (pre-1980) Mec 600-Jr.
I use mostly Remington STS green or Winchester AA red hulls. They both last forever -- don't tell anybody but I've shot them up to ten times.
Remington or Federal or Cheddite 209 primers are used. These days, it's whatever primer you can acquire.
The Mec #25 bushing throws 13.6 grains of Clays.
The powder is topped with a Claybuster CB1875-12 gray wad (WAA12L replacement). Press is adjusted so no compression is added to the powder. That was for non-plastic wads.
The Mec 7/8-oz shot bar dispenses 7-1/2 lead shot.
i check every round in a Lyman 12-ga case gauge.
If the round does not plunk into the gauge, I round over the crimp with a Slix Sizer.
Some guys have found that a socket wrench of the appropriate size can round over the mouth of the shotgun shell to help it fit. Not sure the exact size, but if you have a set of 1/2" drive sockets, you can probably find the right one.
Slix has come out with a gauge/sizer that does both actions:
You check if it fits the chamber with one end of the gage.
If it doesn't go into the gage smoothly, you turn the gage around and use the sizer end to round over the crimp. That should drop into any shotgun.
$45 at https://www.slixprings.com/proddetai...er-Sizer-Combo