Spent shotgun shells - which to keep? and other...
- Thread starter Uncle Den
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blaser.306
CGN Regular
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- Saskatoon , Sask
Hulls
Myself I try to load mainly win AA casings as a rule but also have several thousand of the rem. sts . If you are looking to buy more factory to increase your hull suply the rem. gun club shells seem to load up realy nice using one piece plastic basewad data . The other casings in your photo will load but likely only once or twice being a two piece and or cardboard basewad design and the slug casing becomes a problem with available crimp lenghth unless you can find a Lyman roll crimping tool . As for loading equipment the sky is the limit depending on the amount that you shoot in a year I started with a lee load all but the novelty soon went away from that as I was spending more time at the bench than at the club , then moved up to a pnsness warren 800 silver st and never looked back , so let your bank account be the judge you have already stated that you started shooting trap so common sense doesn't play into the thought prosess , buy the best that you can afford at the time and work up from there ( excuse the crack about common sence I am a trapshooter too! so suffer the same affliction )
Myself I try to load mainly win AA casings as a rule but also have several thousand of the rem. sts . If you are looking to buy more factory to increase your hull suply the rem. gun club shells seem to load up realy nice using one piece plastic basewad data . The other casings in your photo will load but likely only once or twice being a two piece and or cardboard basewad design and the slug casing becomes a problem with available crimp lenghth unless you can find a Lyman roll crimping tool . As for loading equipment the sky is the limit depending on the amount that you shoot in a year I started with a lee load all but the novelty soon went away from that as I was spending more time at the bench than at the club , then moved up to a pnsness warren 800 silver st and never looked back , so let your bank account be the judge you have already stated that you started shooting trap so common sense doesn't play into the thought prosess , buy the best that you can afford at the time and work up from there ( excuse the crack about common sence I am a trapshooter too! so suffer the same affliction )
Uncle Den, you have to pay attention to the base wads in hulls the remington sts' have a plastic base wad which is good for reloading. As for the rest of them I know the federal top guns have a cork or paper base wad and while they could be reloaded with care the base wad could become dislodged and jam in the barrel and when you cycle the new round. Well no good comes of that. My suggestion to you is that next time your at Bass Pro grab a flat of Remington "Promo" loads (black hull) in your favorite shot size and those are cheap (er than AA's) plastic base wad hulls very tough and durable and will last you a long time. Hope this helps and Happy Shooting.
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
Of those shown, I would only keep the Remington STS's. !
The STS's, Federal Gold Medal's and old style AA's are probably the most
useful of all the 1st-fired's to reload. I haven't had any difficulty with the
newer HS Winchesters, but they just don't sem to load as nice as the
old AA's.
The STS's, Federal Gold Medal's and old style AA's are probably the most
useful of all the 1st-fired's to reload. I haven't had any difficulty with the
newer HS Winchesters, but they just don't sem to load as nice as the
old AA's.
- Location
- Thunder Bay ON Canada
I just reload everything for my informal clay and slug shooting, and have never had an issue. The competitive trap guys are very picky though, pattern if you are unsure.
The Sizemaster is a great reloading setup.
Of the hulls shown, I know nothing about the slugs and their reloadability. For the shot shells, the STS's are high quality hulls and should give you several reloads. The rest, although possibly reloadable, are not particularly desirable to reload.
Brad.
Of the hulls shown, I know nothing about the slugs and their reloadability. For the shot shells, the STS's are high quality hulls and should give you several reloads. The rest, although possibly reloadable, are not particularly desirable to reload.
Brad.
Den, they are quite similar inside as the STS's. They are called Remington Game Loads my mistake.
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I currently use these in 12 ga and am quite pleased with thier reloading durability.
JohnC
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The STS are the only ones worth keeping for ease of reloading - unless you want to reload slug- but the latter can be a PITA for ironing the mouth ( if you go to antique shops/sales you'll often find for cheap mouth ironing tools from the days when shells were sealed with a casemouth wad) . Winchester AA's as described above are good too.
I would look at the economics of relaoading 12 ga. If it's acceptable for your accuracy needs, buying flats of economy 7 1/2s or of #6 game loads can be almost the same cost as buying powder, wad/shotcup, primers, shot... I looked at it a couple of years ago when flats were in the $40 to $50 range and it made my time worth about $1.50 an hour in savings.
I would look at the economics of relaoading 12 ga. If it's acceptable for your accuracy needs, buying flats of economy 7 1/2s or of #6 game loads can be almost the same cost as buying powder, wad/shotcup, primers, shot... I looked at it a couple of years ago when flats were in the $40 to $50 range and it made my time worth about $1.50 an hour in savings.
sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I have thousands of slugs loaded through my Sizemaster... Not the fasted press around, but I'm not complaining.
If you look around the EE (or gun shows) there's often good deal to be had on used press. I resisted the temptation to add a Duo-Matic 375C Ponsness-Warren the bench...
