rfwobbly
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I see a lot of posts and even the reloading books saying to either use Winchester AA or Remington STS hulls and almost nothing else. Well, I went digging in the trash cans at 3 skeet ranges and 1 sporting clays range and came up with exactly 1 Remington STS hull after about 80 minutes!
But I did come up with some nice looking Diana and Rio hulls with stout plastic and brass bases. There must have been 1000 identical hulls in that 1 trash can. It was too good to pass up. That was before I looked at the load details in the manual and noticed that the powder charges can vary widely by hull. From this I assume that hulls, unlike cartridge brass, are a critical component.
So my questions are...
1) Can these hulls be reloaded even once? I just need these long enough to get me started until my load of regulation components comes in at my shooting Club.
2) What physical trait of the hull determines if a Rio hull is more like a Remington than a Winchester? Is there a thicker base (i.e. lower internal volume)? I have a band saw and can cut some open if need be.
Load is 12ga, 7/8oz of #8 using Clays for target practice (say 1100fps). Press is a MEC 9000. Many thanks.
But I did come up with some nice looking Diana and Rio hulls with stout plastic and brass bases. There must have been 1000 identical hulls in that 1 trash can. It was too good to pass up. That was before I looked at the load details in the manual and noticed that the powder charges can vary widely by hull. From this I assume that hulls, unlike cartridge brass, are a critical component.
So my questions are...
1) Can these hulls be reloaded even once? I just need these long enough to get me started until my load of regulation components comes in at my shooting Club.
2) What physical trait of the hull determines if a Rio hull is more like a Remington than a Winchester? Is there a thicker base (i.e. lower internal volume)? I have a band saw and can cut some open if need be.
Load is 12ga, 7/8oz of #8 using Clays for target practice (say 1100fps). Press is a MEC 9000. Many thanks.