Newbie help

[Mortdawg78]

I was able to secure materials to reload Shotgun shells. As I began my first box of estate/Federal hulls a lot of them mushroomed at the brass and the tops didn't crimp right. I'm using a mec 600 Jr. Also I have a few live primers in shells that won't work, I've read on other forums that I can reuse them but to deprime slowly. Any tips/advice.

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[tabascoz28]

Yes deprime slow and they should be reusable. They are steel and heavy duty unlike small pistol and i reuse my errors on those without issues too.

I have a lee and have buckled maybe 4 in my year of reloading but they go in, not mushroom. Not sure whay that is but it has something to do with the last 2 stations maybe. I also don't use estates, only Remington and Winchesters. I align my precrimp with the hills and valleys of the hull. Maybe the inside of the last few stations are dirty?

[Cheep]

On that machine there is no support for the full length of the hull. If you use a stronger hull like Win AA or STS Premier or Nitro Gold you won't have this problem. Not all hulls reload easily.

[the86d]

Are Winchester Universal shells any good for reloading?

[Cheep]

Are Winchester Universal shells any good for reloading?

You can reload them but they are also thin walled.

[Mortdawg78]

Thank you for the help. I knew they were cheap but impulse bought 1500 shells. Learning experience!

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