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Thread: #4 buckshot crimps

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    Boolit Master
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    #4 buckshot crimps

    Starting to think that as long as I have the right hull,wad,primer,powder and 27 #4 Hornady buckshot that having one buckshot showing a little bit in the center of the crimp shouldn't matter.It's only cosmetic right? Be easy on me now.Crimped on a MEC 600,8 point hull
    Last edited by jim 44-40; 12-23-2022 at 03:55 PM.

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    It won't matter - but you can always add a thin card wad and cover up the entire load.

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    You could adjust the crimp starter and see if you close the hole some, or put a drop of wax from a candle on it.

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    If the hole is small enough that it can’t fall out I’d not give it another thought . If however you decide to start adding buffer then I’d try to close the crimp or add an overshot card .
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    Won't hurt. You can drop a little wax on it or as someone else said use an overshot card.

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    After shooting a dozen, a small hole in crimp center does not bother me at all. 27 pellets of #4 buck with modified choke is mild recoil for me in 12 gauge.

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    I remember when I frequented shotgun world, there were a few old timers out there that couldn't care less about what the hull crimp looked like as long as the shot wasn't leaking out. Some even went so far as to use scotch tape to prevent leaks if the hull was charred, burned or damaged. My dad bought a big lot of shotgun reloading supplies from an estate auction once and it must've belonged to one of those guys because the hulls looked like they should have been culled 10 loads ago. Anyway, I opened a few and recovered the shot and measured both that and the powder which was easily identified as green dot and checked the book. We shot all of those ratty looking shells and broke many a clays. As for me, my standards are much higher than that but I'm thinking that pretty crumps are similar to sparkling clean primer pockets. Nice but not necessary.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check