Got off work early today..air was still about 71'... Felt like some reloading. I had been charging my power tool batteries and noticed my hull skivver and roll crimper in the drills and thought... You know what..not much shotgun food on my shelves..might as well crank some out. I use lee load all II's mostly..plus some hand tools I've rigged up.
Before the wifey got home, ended up making a box of #7.5, #4, #4 Buck, 00 Buck, and 7/8 oz reduced recoil slugs. I dripped a bunch of shot last year and make my own buck and slugs. Most of my hulls are pickups from the range..then sorted and cleaned.
Today I ran federal top guns and Winchester AA. I much prefer win hulls I must say. Unfortunately about 1500 of my stash are rem sts..and less than a quarter of my stash are AA.. And the rest are top guns... Have 2 13g bags of not yet sorted hulls.. One day to go thru.
Ran myself pretty much out of my hand punched fiber spacer wads..had just enough to finish.
Worked on my roll crimping and have finally got it where I like it. Normally with these lee drive key slugs I just fold crimp them.. But I save my hulls that are otherwise ok..but have boogered up fold crimp areas..and trim and roll them. I was having mixed luck until I found a new lube to use on the rotary roll crimp tool. I've tried motor oil and beeswax and natural oils with limited success..but now found a winner. A tube of synthetic brake parts grease..just a dot on a toothpick run around the roll crimp guide in the tool and it's the easiest roll crimps I've done yet.
Ready for dinner now!