Winchester AA Hulls

coreyd said:
Where are you located? I know where there are thousands of them but there is no shipping, you would have to go there and pick them up.
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This, I have 1000's of them as well. if you were local, you could have some.
I did buy some probably 6+ years ago online and had them shipped to me. Not sure if there is some reason they can't be shipped.
 
Fire306 said:
This, I have 1000's of them as well. if you were local, you could have some.
I did buy some probably 6+ years ago online and had them shipped to me. Not sure if there is some reason they can't be shipped.
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I'm sure when he said you'd have to go there to pick them up, he meant it literally...physically picking them up off the ground
 
fivehundredlimited said:
Are you referring to when they switched to the HS hulls? Which hulls are worth more or better for reloading purposes now a days?
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Get more for the old one piece compression formed when you sell them. But if you have your machine set up right with the right components nothing really wrong with the new HS style either after they had the initial problem fixed from those reloading them
In fact 28ga and 410 are giving more reloads per hull than the old style
Me I have tried the HS but it still has a seperate base so I will stay with the old compression formed until I am dead and have enough in the stash to do so But really have not read of any of the new ones causing problems like other HS design so if I had no stash would use them
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Head to your nearest trap, skeet or sporting clays club and beg creatively.
There are so few people reloading these days that you can usually get hulls for free.
I pick up AAs but had better ease up on acquiring them since the collection is SABLE.
(Stash Accumulating Beyond Life Expectancy).
 
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saskbooknut said:
Head to your nearest trap, skeet or sporting clays club and beg creatively.
There are so few people reloading these days that you can usually get hulls for free.
I pick up AAs but had better ease up on acquiring them since the collection is SABLE.
(Stash Accumulating Beyond Life Expectancy).
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Man it would be a dream for me to live in a part of the country where people toss AA. Here the only AA one will see in the trash have been reloaded 8-12 times with split and black burned off ends
Most are shooting crap flats of promo shells now especially 12ga since it is cheaper than reloading
Like the STABLE comment. I should have stopped years ago but just cannot leave some gauges when I see them for sale many of which I probally have 15-20K in the stash over 40 plus years but keep buying the small gauges for sure and won't sell and someone will get a nice lot when I am gone
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3macs1 said:
Most are shooting crap flats of promo shells now especially 12ga since it is cheaper than reloading
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That's what I find at my club too (Eagle Lake Gun Club). Only 1 guy was shooting AAs last year . . . and only a few other guys bother to reload so I was able to score about 500 once fired hulls. I'm hoping to score some more this year.
 
I believe I have several bags of old compression formed AA hulls and some the nice old Remington's that were semi see through. Stuff has to be at least 30 years old. i am in Edmonton.. FS
 
coreyd said:
Because it's from John Emmett and he doesn't ship anything. Plus if you do buy from him you have to go through the UFO initiation like the rest of us have.
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John Emmett, now there's a name I haven't heard in many years. Back in the late 70's and early 80's we used to hold our mid winter shoot between Orillia and Auburn New York at his club. He was an "unique individual" to say the least.

In regards to "AA" hulls, the commentary in general I find interesting. I have been out of the serious shooting games for many years so one looses touch with what's going on. "AA" hulls were the premier hull for many years, and to a lesser degree Rem "Blue Magic". At one time we would pay .10 cent per for once fired "AA"s'. Until we many of us caught on that at some shoots we attended in the states we could have all we wanted for nothing. We used to fetch them back by the green garbage bags full. To save space we would pour them into the trunk of the car and then put our bags etc. on top. Several trips to state side shoots and many of us were in the STABLE situation. If we were shooting anywhere near Rochester we just had to stop at Bikurks and stock up on everything else.
About 5 yrs, ago I gave several thousand to a young fella just getting into shooting and sold several thousand more for about .4 cents apiece. Except for helping the young fella get set up as he reminded me of myself. Young, with a keen interest, and not two nickels to rub together. I perhaps should have kept all my stuff. I also gave him a Mec 600 jr press with extra bottles and charge bars and bushings. I still have one press and all the accessories and about a 1K of hulls.
 
Bassmaster said:
I'm sure when he said you'd have to go there to pick them up, he meant it literally...physically picking them up off the ground
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Ha Ha, yes, apparently I misread the post I was referring to.
I bought some online once and had them shipped to me, I would imagine that is still okay to ship them, if someone wanted.
 
It is perfectly legal to ship unprimed empty shotgun hulls in canada even with canada post. Primed I think have to be sent like ammo but I am not 100% on that
In fact it is even legal to have them unprimed shipped from the US but many in the US don't know their own rules so will not ship any more to canada or they will seize them in transit on the US side which I have had happen to a shipment in the past few years. Thus now when I get hulls out of the US I treat them as a firearm and have Prophet river take care of them for me
That way I get them. Hurts losing 1000 or more 3" 12ga hulls especially after paying like 80 bucks shipping
 
The newer win AA HS hulls have a separate basewad, this will limit the type of wads you can use.
Any wads designed for straight walled hulls(ie. Fed 12Sx series) or one piece tapered hulls(ie. rem RXP12) will catch on the basewad of the AA HS hull.

If you can find appropriate load data, I'd recommend remington gunclub hulls, they are a one piece taper hull.

Fire306 - AFAIK, there are no shipping restrictions on shotgun hulls unless they're primed.
 
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