12 Ga. Hull ID help wanted.

Status
Not open for further replies.
Look like Peters Blue Magics... Loaded many of them, many years ago. OK compression formed hull for the time. I recall they split and burned the folds of the crimp petals easily, and seemed softer than contemporary AA hulls.
 
57's/157's... Glad that situation is gone. These Blue Magics are 209 size, the 57's were relegated to those hulls that had that compressed sawdust, or some such basewad that I remember.

To the OP, my Lyman manual has the Blue Magics in their own load data section, but to be truthful, and not necessarily recommended; me and everyone I shot with treated every CF hull the same; 18 grains of Red Dot and usually a AA wad. Worked plenty well enough from 16 yards for me.
 
Your right... pretty much all Remmys use the same data. When I load steel, I also load the new Win hulls with Rem data, but I won't tell you that you should do it.

You sure don't see many of those puppies around anymore. I do remember them burning and splitting like was said above. I think the black and green cheapie remingtons are a superior hull, but since you have them, I'd definitely load them!
 
You sure don't see many of those puppies around anymore. I do remember them burning and splitting like was said above. I think the black and green cheapie remingtons are a superior hull, but since you have them, I'd definitely load them!
Click to expand...

Agreed, I remember loading them a lot around 1981 or so?... I used the even older RXPs in that time period too, and nothing was, or has ever been better in my experience than AA hulls of this time period... Amazing longevity without splits, and held a nice firm crimp for a looooong time. Gotta say, I miss the smell of fired Fed papers. Red Dot, Fed 209's, and C1 wads; pure magic! Gonna have to load some up for nostalgia sake.
 
I still have stock piles of those Blue majics. I liked them because I could get them for less than AA's, probably because the crimp points would burn away or split a bit faster than AA's. The ones I have from the 1980's use a standard 209 primer and work well with a WWAA118.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top