Shotshell Reloading

[IMtheNRA]

If the hulls are paper, they may be prone to separation after that kind of storage. I even had some very old Remington plastic hulls that were so old and brittle, that they separated from the metal base with just a light tug. Personally, I'd trash the hulls and the powder. There's a chance the primers are still good, so I'd probably load a few in a test batch to see if they still work.

 

[Robert Cooper]

The wads seemed to be good, hulls prob. Just need to be cleaned up. Primers are in original boxes and look new most everything was in a small shed but once I get home I should have my load manual there and will check the other stuff seeing I don’t own a 12 yet maybe wifey will let me buy one lol or just sneak it in the safe and say naw it’s not new it’s been in there lol

Robert

 

[brewer12345]

If you are looking for a cheap 12 to play with, I find my Mossberg maverick to be serviceable.

 

[Robert Cooper]

Well I went through the wads today and found ( only have a powder scale gn) but measured the wad 35 gn then with 7.5 shot weight was 435.0 gn not sure what that would turn into but i am thinking 1oz or 1 1/4 oz the seem to be in good shape also 12 ga i have 3 sets of 3 bags each 2 sets are labeled and good shape the other i will be checking also powder does go off 700x or x700 but the hulls i think i will toss and see what i can find and rid the powder any good cheap places to buy 20 ga shot shell stuff? I am working on getting a 12 from my wives aunt after her husband pasted is where i got this stuff so working on looking and getting stuff everyday . Gonna have to do a big clean job Gosh

Robert

 

[George P]

There's 437.5 grains in an ounce, so it sounds like you got wads for 1 oz loads; I am not sure what you mean by 3 sets of 3 bags each? If the powder is 700x, that can be used fior a variety of loads - data can be found online.

 

[Robert Cooper]

The 3 sets are 6 bags so 2 bags of each kind of wad that’s what I mean if ya understand I have a total of about 3k of wads all are separated now the bags are labeled so I know what they are the 20 is 1oz so far so good now to find some 20 ga hulls any place to shop for them seems every place I look is sold out

Thanks
Robert