8 Gauge Reloading Made Easy

[Paul Harm]

There's hardly enough room to convert a progressive Mec from 12 to 10ga. When the shell carrier is opened up to accept a 10ga the primer hole is almost ground into. I don't think you'll ever be loading enough 8ga shells that you'll find a progressive press is necessary. Mark, I have a couple of old Jr's that look like the one you posted pictures of, but the two crimp stations look different. Is that because there's no shell plate ? If so, what do you have in it's place ?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Paul Harm

I don't think you'll ever be loading enough 8ga shells that you'll find a progressive press is necessary.

Amount makes no difference I detest using a single stage for anything other then buckshot or slug loads .

I suppose that can be blamed on my initial years reloading shotgun shells with PW 800's . After that everything else is a slow process

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Originally Posted by Paul Harm

Mark, I have a couple of old Jr's that look like the one you posted pictures of, but the two crimp stations look different. Is that because there's no shell plate ? If so, what do you have in it's place ?

Paul,

There are shell holders for the 8 gauge hulls that are much like those used for metallic cartridge reloading. Very heavy duty.

Mark

[Paul Harm]

Graig, when I say hardly any room I mean when I changed a old 87 Grabber to 10ga there was only maybe .020 between the primer hole and shell holder. Not enough for a 8ga. Thanks Mark - looks good.

[Bill Murphy]

Has anyone tried to convert the PW 375 to eight gauge, even if just a couple of stations? An eight gauge crimper would be the most helpful.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Bill,

I had a set of 3 swagging dies made for the first station. Darn expensive... That was before I received the CH swagging dies, which was before I received the other swagging tool.

The crimp dies should be cheaper to make since they are as hard of steel.

Mark

[Bill Murphy]

Is the crimp on the pictured eight gauge shells a crimp of the wads? It appears to be clear plastic.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

The hulls are clear plastic with a red sticker on them.

Take a closer look at the photos.

[David Noble]

Tagging for reference.

[wayne goerres]

I talked to the folks at precision reloading about the clear Winchester hulls a couple of months ago and they told me the Winchester hulls are no longer available. Winchester will no longer sell them to them. So it looks like we are going to be stuck using once fired Rem hulls. Unless someone knows of a different source for them.