Reloading/Blackened Hulls?

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I am new to reloading and have so far experimented with green dot, red-dot and 700-X. Why is it that all the loads seem black once i have fired the reloaded shell shell?

It does appear that the hulls (12 Gauge) have been loaded by others, but the hull seems to be in perfect condition? Are they using a certain powder, less powder to keep the internal temp down? For example, once fired from factory are perfectly clean. Can anyone provide some insight?
 
maverick936 said:
I am new to reloading and have so far experimented with green dot, red-dot and 700-X. Why is it that all the loads seem black once i have fired the reloaded shell shell?

It does appear that the hulls (12 Gauge) have been loaded by others, but the hull seems to be in perfect condition? Are they using a certain powder, less powder to keep the internal temp down? For example, once fired from factory are perfectly clean. Can anyone provide some insight?
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Not all powders burn with the same cleanliness. Blue-Dot for example burns incredibly dirty. Clays burns very clean. I haven't used 700X in years and don't remember if it burned clean or not.

Does the black wipe off or is it more like burnt plastic?
 
It happens depending on the powder. Don't worry about it. Unless the crimps or hull are showing splits then it's not a concern.
 
I find that even Clays Powder blackens the old style AAs, but the newer style AAs stay fairly clean. Some of my older AAs look like they came out of a burning barrel but they still reload better than the newer ones.
 
woolly said:
Not all powders burn with the same cleanliness. Blue-Dot for example burns incredibly dirty. Clays burns very clean. I haven't used 700X in years and don't remember if it burned clean or not.

Does the black wipe off or is it more like burnt plastic?
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I recall that when I was using Win 571 it would burn dirty, leave unburned powder in the barrel and chamber, thus causing dirty hulls to be ejected from my guns.
You can try a little less powder or a different powder to see if it has any changes on your shooting pattern and target killing abilities.
It may or not be worth worrying about depending on how the load you are using reacts in your components and your shotgun of choice.
As mentioned split hulls near the crimp or burned plastic at the top of the hull are serious signs to start looking into.
Rob
 
I didn't know there were loads for Red dot, it's a fast (usually pistol) powder but i've used Green dot with good success and Clays (hodgdons) is the cleanest powder i've ever used. I found 700 X to be dirty.
It could depend on the hulls you have.

M.
 
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