roll crimping tools
 

just found a place to get roo crimping tools from the 8 ga down to tge 410 ga. i got me one of the 8 ga have not used it yet. ballistic products inc. are the ones that has these tools.there prided right to i think the 8 ga cost about 33.50 mailing inclued. charlie

i used that roll crimping tool last night it worked pretty good for me. i used a hand held drill afella with astationary drill press would have better results. as they say practice makes perfection easier. charlie

Charlie,

Did you buy one of their shell holders or did you make up something to hold the shell while you roll crimped them? I have the old style and have wondered if you could hold a hull with your hand and roll crimp with a drill.

Harry

harry i was able to hold them in my hand. roll crimpingis new to me but i like the results of this tool. i loaded up mu hunting rounds with it gonna try it on crows in the morning. i loaded up the 3 1/4 inch winchester hull. primer 209 winchester primer.. 40 grains of alliant blue dot.used1/2 powder wad then used remington SP 8 plastic wadding.. then 1 3/4 ounce of no 6 shot. then split a 1/8 inch spaser and used it over shot then rolled crimped it with the ballistic products crimping tool.. made a fairly good crimp.. but just for shooting at targets i still prefer not to crimp my shells.you can get a lot more loads out of a casing if you do not crimp it. this load i loaded up is a real pleasure to shoot hardly any recoil.but guns weigh in at 13 1/2 pounds and 15 pounds . this load out performs my 10 ga loads. charlie

One of the things you have to watch with the BP roll crimper is that it is designed to be used with a counterclockwise turn. So, if you use a hand held drill it has to be in the reversing mode. After struggling with mine for a couple of years making less than perfect roll crimps, I happened to look at the paper that came with it and in large letters it says, use it counter clockwise. The Reloading Specialties roll crimper is a clockwise design so it can be used readily in a drill press. John

you are right john ballistic crimping tool is to be used in counter clock wise rotation. but most hand held drills are reversible mine is. does the prescion roll crimper come in 8 ga. charlie

harry can you roll crimp plastic hulls with the old stationery crimping tools. if it is possible i have my eye own one that is a 10 ga. charlie

Yes! As I remember I rolled plastic shells. Paper shells roll like a dream. Let me roll some plastic shells and I will get back with you.

Harry

My first reloading tools
 

Back in the 60's when I was a teen, I started reloading 16 ga. shells for my dad's model 12. All of them were paper and most had roll crimps, although it will do both style of crimps.

I still have the tool in its original box and the instructions (pictured below). It hasn't been used in almost 50 years.

Anybody else ever use one of these...... slow going.

robin i am using one of the lee loaders like you have pictured. mine is a 16 ga i use it a lot on the 16 ga and in a pinch it will do ok on a 20 ga. i also use it to deprime the 8 ga and 10 ga primers.like you said it is slow but whena fella dont haveseveral differant loaders a fella with plenty timeon his hands can knock out a box in about an hour with this little loader. i think mr lee was thinking of me when he made this loader. my wife often asks me were all them little balls came from on her kitchen table. charlie