Reloading Winchester AA HS short ones 28 ga

[Pittypatdugan]

I got tired reloading the
Short Winchester AA HS and gave
Away most of them in favor of the ones with the line under AA as
They reload perfectly.
A friend at the skeet club said
If you want to reload the rest and then throw them away just cut 1/2
Off the length of red wad petals.
I had about 20 left and tried that
And they closed perfectly.
Shot them yesterday and they broke skeet targets just fine.

What are your thoughts on this method

[Dean Romig]

What could it harm? - Nothing that I can think of.





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[James L. Martin]

I have been cutting wad petals on different loads in 12,16,20 & 28 for years with no problem. Mostly on 2 1/2 " shells.

[Bill Murphy]

Pat, what was your problem with these shells? Was it that the shot overflowed if you used your normal recipe? That is the problem I am having. Is it all HS that have a lesser capacity? Are the hulls with the "line under the AA" HS shells or pre HS shells? Thanks for helping.

[Pittypatdugan]

The Winchester 28 ga HS
Shells without the line are
The older ones, i had a friend that reloaded them for me and yes he had adjustment trouble all the time to get them to close properly with normal loads. He quit doing that for me and I started, it was not worth the time fooling with the short ones
Now i reload only HS with the line under HS. IF SOME SHORT ONES GET MIXED IN I CUT THE PEDALS.

[Bruce Hering]

I had a bugger of a time reloading AA 28ga hulls. The crimps were nothing short of horrible. Remington's on the other hand looked like factory loads. Though I have a bunch of AA's I no longer load them and this is on a 600 Jr.

[Pittypatdugan]

To Bruce

Just try cutting half the petals
And re load the AA s HS short
That you have and throw
Them away after shooting.
It wont take much time to cut the petals. Look how much you would save and they will look good

[Bruce Hering]

Originally Posted by Pat Dugan

To Bruce

Just try cutting half the petals
And re load the AA s HS short
That you have and throw
Them away after shooting.
It wont take much time to cut the petals. Look how much you would save and they will look good

Pat: Thanks. I'll give that a try.

[Chris Robenalt]

I've never had a problem with the HS 28 hull. I'm loading them as a 2 1/2" on a 2 3/4" setting. They load and crimp perfect. However, I've noticed the STS 28 is considerably longer and will crimp with a wrinkle on a 2 3/4" setting.

Chris, AZ

[Pittypatdugan]

I had 9000g mec
When working it was wonderfull
But i was loading short ones in a batch, but when something went wrong a mess so i moved down to grabber and it works fine
On long ones,, so i gifted the short ones away