AA hulls - fired

Waterfowler said:
Any idea what Win AA once fired hulls are selling for now?

Thanks.
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Chances are good that you want to specify the gauge and length that you are interested in - I know of 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge and the .410 - Many, but not all of them, can be had in 2 3/4" and 3" hulls. It would surprise me, very much, if each of those hulls sold for the same price - maybe they do, they all likely use the same size primer - but it would strike me as odd if they were the same price to buy. And I am aware of a number of other size hulls, but those are the most common, I think.
 
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Potashminer said:
Chances are good that you want to specify the gauge that you are interested in - I know of 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge and the .410 - it would surprise me, very much, if each of those hulls sold for the same price - maybe they do, they all likely use the same size primer - but it would strike me as odd if they were the same price to buy. And I am aware of a number of other size hulls, but those are the most common, I think.
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Good point.... I automatically assumed 12 Ga as that's all I have lol.
 
I recently purchased AA sporting loads for $15/box during a Cabelas sale. It would cost me over $10 per box to load 12 gauge target loads. Doing the math, that leaves about $4-5 per box. So if I paid $4-5 for hulls, I would be starting with fired hulls, and saving nothing over just buying factory loads. To sell hulls, there has to be some savings over buying factory loads, so keep that in mind when setting a price. Accordingly, that is why 28 and 410 hulls bring higher prices.
 
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The "old style" compression formed AA hulls sell for more than the "new style" AA HS hulls.
Once fired new style approx .08 to .10 per hull for 12 gauge target loads.
Once fired old style approx .15 to .18 per hull for 12 gauge target loads.
 
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They are pretty much worthless to most actually they hit the ground just like the cheapest ones.

If you passed around hull bags at a shoot and asked guys to save them for ya they’d tell ya to pound sand.
 
bluelynx said:
May I ask why you require only AA hulls?

Are you unable to duplicate the load in a cheaper manner?

Just wondering.
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I am really new to reloading shot shells - so I know about nothing about it other than in the various books here - not like centre fire rifle - every book so far mentions to NOT change brand of component, at all, when constructing shot shell loads - so if I have stocked up on a particular brand primer, a particular named powder and particular sized wads - is likely the pressure tested recipe that I use specifies exactly what hull to use - will be many others that "look the same" - but the data here show some pretty hairy pressure changes if you change components for shot shells. There is NO home acceptable way to gauge pressure in a shot shell - not velocity, not primer "look" - nothing. About most that you will know for sure is that if your shotgun comes apart, your load was likely too warm. Most of us do not want to go there. Personally, I am at the beginner stage of following pressure tested recipes - exactly as published - no changes whatsoever - for shot shells - and I have only loaded for 28 gauge so far.

For sure, there are many loads that give same velocity using other components - there are hundreds and hundreds of pressure tested loads that are published - using many combinations of components - but is not just a "go with what you have" thing - for example, should not swap out Remington STS hulls for Win AA hulls, if that is what your recipe calls for, without ALSO swapping to different wad, different powder, maybe different primer brand - maybe you can get away with that, but you are then on your "own" - making your own "rules" and "standards". Is probable that some people know which can be substituted for what, but I do not know that. Or so says the various books here.
 
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I shoot lots of AA and STS 12 ga and sell off the once fired hulls for 10 cents each and have no trouble getting rid of them, I don't load anymore I buy volume orders through the gun club for our members so we get them at a cost that makes reloading not worth it to me, I'd rather be burning gun powder than pulling the handle.
 
Potashminer said:
Chances are good that you want to specify the gauge and length that you are interested in - I know of 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge and the .410 - Many, but not all of them, can be had in 2 3/4" and 3" hulls. It would surprise me, very much, if each of those hulls sold for the same price - maybe they do, they all likely use the same size primer - but it would strike me as odd if they were the same price to buy. And I am aware of a number of other size hulls, but those are the most common, I think.
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I've never seen a AA hull in 3" or in 16ga....AA's are target loads and AA hulls are 2 3/4" except in 4.10 they are 2.5".
 
Not labelled AA but they came in 12 gauge 3" 16 gauge 2 3/4 and 410 3'. I still use and have a bunch. They are compression formed like the AA hull and labeled Western Super X. Field loads.
 
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I just received a pm from a old fly on the wall that he has in his stocks over 500 AA marked 16 gauge target hulls so I guess they were produced by WW in the day with AA markings. Go figure. I was informed by the fly that the 16gauge AA went into production after the introduction of the Ranger shotshell and was to allow a 16 in 12gauge events. the production run was short lived but they were definately produced in 16 gauge.
 
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