Reloads?

[Revoman]

Agreed, precrimp station is running amok. In my experience, they will never crimp correctly again, so mark a big 'X' on the base and toss em before loading again.

[Tom-ADC]

Back when I reloaded it was mainly Winchester AA every once and a while I'd get a good buy on a case of Remington but I usually gave those away.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Tom; If I pay attention I can get 100/100 easily in either 12's or .410's

I never see this problem on my 12 ga loaders. I have to pay attention on the
.410's and align the crimp folds with the ribs on the outside of the pre crimper or else i get bit.

My 410 hulls are all once fired Win AA's

My 12 ga hulls are all old style Win AA's which have been loaded 6-8 times each.

Randy

[newbutold]

Let us know if you can tell any difference when you shoot them, I couldn't.

[W.R.Buchanan]

There isn't going to be any difference.

That shot leaving at 1100 fps is not going to know the difference if a crimp is perfect or not.

They just don't look right, shoot them anyway and you could shoot them at the Grand Nationals and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Something that some of you might have noticed along the way,

"Sometimes things don't go exactly like we wanted them to."

Perfection is unobtainable.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't try for it every day.

Randy

[JagerDog]

I used to reload until the hulls utterly failed. I got some pretty ugly crimps and shot them anyway. Never had any problems. The guys that reloaded .410 in my club did the same thing only worse. No issues. Its like ugly fruit and veg - not pretty but tastes the same.

Ya...I've seen some really ugly crimps on the 410 guys. But the hulls are more expensive, so many try to get the last round out of 'em. Ballistically, the 410 relies more on the crimp. In 12g there's enough shot to hold back the inertia to get a good powder burn.

It could be the spindex hanging up, but IME a whonky case mouth to start is what gives the spindex problems, at least on 12 and 20g.

I've even seen whonky crimps on factory shells. It's not gonna get less whonky by being reloaded.

The one on the left definitely has more "experience".

[ceh383]

As suspected and confirmed here, the shells worked just as well as the ones with the good crimps. Close inspection of the hulls after firing shows no sign of any cracking.



They really don't look to bad, but they are in the trash now...

[W.R.Buchanan]

BPI sells a tool that looks like a tapered plug that turns in a drill motor or press and reconditions the mouth of those hulls. It basically heats up the plastic and irons out the bad crimp folds.

The next time they are loaded they crimp just like they should.

Randy

[hermosabeach]

I have limited shot shell reloading experience.

Dad taught me to 1/2 crimp on the 1st pull and then a full press for the second.
This helps the petals get aligned with the factory pattern.

Also he would only reload AA hulls

[Newshooter]

If you are loading on a MEC, check out the punch from vpcreatibe reloading. I picked one up last month and it works awesome. No, I am not affiliated with them, I am just really happy with the new punch I bought as it opens up the hull to allow the wad to go in really easy.

http://creativereloadingsolutions.com/