What can you tell me about 2 1/2in guns and shells?

[the spank]

Very nice score.

Thanks...best part was it was free and I made a mistake. I was given 9 boxes of 16ga 2.75" 1 1/8-4's, 24 boxes of 12ga 2.5" - 1oz-4's and 18 boxes 12ga 2.75" 1 1/8oz-6's. 51 - 10rd. boxes of Bismuth and 59 boxes of mixed lead target and hunting loads.

 

[burns k31]

I make roll crimp reloads for my old Parker at about 6500psi and they drop birds fine. I made my own roll crimper from internet plans and though slow it works well enough.

That roll crimp looks pretty good. How did you go about making a crimping tool?

 

[hunter5425]

I found a set of plans online and modified it slightly. It needed a custom ground tool that broke at the very end but still worked. I also made a tool for eliminating the crimp from cut hulls

 

[Cow Town Bill]

Thanks...best part was it was free and I made a mistake. I was given 9 boxes of 16ga 2.75" 1 1/8-4's, 24 boxes of 12ga 2.5" - 1oz-4's and 18 boxes 12ga 2.75" 1 1/8oz-6's. 51 - 10rd. boxes of Bismuth and 59 boxes of mixed lead target and hunting loads.

WOW!!! Birthday present?

 

[I Dont Care About You]

This is going to sound like heretic talk but I shoot 2 3/4" cartridges in all but 2 of my short chambered guns. Those two have a distinct step at the end of the chambers. Don't get me wrong - I still am shooting loads at or under what the gun was designed to handle and was proved at, just in a longer cartridge.

Me too, and a bunch of people I've met over the years. No reason not to shoot 2 3/4 shells in a 2 1/2 chamber.

Prob the biggest issue is to ensure the gun can handle smokeless loads. If not then you need to figure out BP loads, which is a whole nother beast from conventional shotshell reloading.

My SxS dates from 1870's so it needs BP loads.

 

[the spank]

WOW!!! Birthday present?

NO, sadly it was a friend of a friend. Old fella is dying of cancer. I bought a few items off him and suddenly he included everything he had in ammo under the sun for free. I ended up with a bunch of factory Winchester and Remington rifle ammo too in calibres I do not even own, 280 Rem, 308 Win etc..I offered to pay for it all but he wouldn't take anything for it.