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I wrote to hodgdon about various loads and the rio g-1000 209 primers. They said to use the federal primer load data and all will be fine. So that’s good.

Yea, I've read almost all those threads. Including those of people saying it's hotter than a Federal 209a. Most are simply passing on information they read, without knowing what they are talking about. Hotter than a Federal 209? Yea.... I could agree with that. Hotter than a Federal 209A, I...

Thanks for the info. I almost always prefer to roll crimp, so I use over shot cards anyway. So that's not a problem. Thanks Mike

looking for a recipe that I can't find. Due to a lack of primers, I was able to get a couple bricks of Rio Primers 209. I was also able to find some Ramshot Powder which will cover some shotgun and some cowboy loads for handgun. My available components currently are: Rio 209 primers Ramshot...

I trim plastic hulls all the time. I prefer roll crimping vs 6/8 point fold/star crimps. So I'm always trimming the fold crimp off of 1/fired hulls Excellent info. I'll definitely check it out. Thanks Yea, the felt is what I had in mind. Actually, I was going to use cork, because I have a lot...

Believe it or not, for normal home defense, (Less than 30 feet), just about anything you shoot from a shotgun will be just about equally effective. 7 1/2 birdshot or 00-buck. Doesn't really matter. At 10 yards, 7 1/2 birdshot pattern is still only about the size of an orange. Here's a good video...

Quick question. I have a bunch of 3" hulls a friend gave me he saved from all his bird hunting. He doesn't reload. All the materials I have are basically for 2 3/4 shells. I know I'll have some extra space in the 3" hulls and I've had experience when powder gets by the wad because it's loose and...

In my original post, and followups, I mentioned that I had commercial home defense ammo. But the main interest was with ammo being such a shortage; reloading supplies being such a shortage; black powder and substitutes being pretty available; and with shotguns not caring either way if it's BP or...

In this case, I'm talking Lead BB's. But honestly, steel bb's aren't a problem if you know what you're doing. 1) Use anodized or copper plated steel. 2) Use a shot cup/wad. They won't hurt the barrel at all. Air rifle bb's are harder than steel hunting bb's, but with anodized and/or cup, they...

Thanks for the feedback. Like I mentioned, I have quite a few BP Shotshells loaded with BB's. That's pretty good size. As for the smoke, actually, it's not that bad. Not as bad as some think it might be. I was at an indoor range last summer, working in a new barrel I picked up for geese and...

I have shot black powder pistol for a while. Mainly my 44 cal Pietta. But I have started getting into reloading 12 gauge shotshells. And because black powder is so much easier to load, and pyrodex and black powder is more available now vs smokeless, I was wondering if anyone loads black powder...

Excellent info; and thanks for all the replies. I feel comfortable in what I wanted to do. I understand the different burn rates and such; but generally, if I am loading say 1 or 1 1/8 oz of #7.5 at 1200-1300; then that same target powder should be able to push #4 at approximately the same speed...

I've reloaded quite a few shotshells in my life. Mostly for targets. For hunting turkey, pheasants, geese, deer, etc. I usually buy commercial ammo. Because of cost and shortage, if I wanted to load some shells up as stash for hunting in the future if necessary; I am curious about the recipe...

Sort of a followup question. If I use a 2 3/4 hull; and I want/prefer to roll crimp it; instead of trimming the hull, could I just add some cushion wads, or similar filler to raise the shot cup/wad so that the overshot card was within about the 1/4 inch so it can be roll crimped. Just looking at...

Gotcha. That's good to know that I can Re-Roll crimp one that has been roll crimped previously. In that case, I don't mind trimming. I'll have to do some experimenting. Like I said, I got a box a once fired hulls from a friend; all 2 3/4 and fold/star crimped. I knew I could just trim them, but...

Irrelevant of the size of the shell, once you roll crimp it, have you found that you can simply re-roll crimp or do you need to trim it again. Hence the reason for flattening out a fold crimp. Minus any break down in the hull itself, starting with an extra 1/4" or more, allows for a couple more...

LOL. I can't see, if the fold crimp was mostly flattened out, how it would be a problem roll crimping it. The main advantage to a roll crimp, is that there's usually some sort of over shot card on top. "Unless it's a slug type shot". And as long as the roll crimp is snug on the over shot card...

And I usually trim also. But it seems that once I trim it once and reload it, it's a little short to reload again. Do you run into this also, or do you only reload a hull once?

Quick question. I am reloading 12 gauge. I like and prefer to do a roll crimp. I was given a large box of once fired hulls. All of them were folded/star crimped. I know I can trim the hulls being I'm roll crimping them, but trimming is a waste of time and the hull in my opinion. Basically it...

I've been looking at the XD Mod 2 since it came out. I decided to finally pull the trigger (pun intended) on buying one. I prefer the 9mm over the 40. And until the end of December, Springfield is throwing in a lot of goodies. The pistol comes with a 13 and 16 round magazines. DUAL Mag...