smokeless realoades for 2 5/8 10 ga

[wayne goerres]

Just tried butting together my first shell. Made a mess out of it. I don't think I understand the crimping station on the press. Will try again with the precision tool. With 82 gr bp op wad coushion wad 1 oz shot and a over shot card remaining space is a little over 1/2 inch of space left in caseWill try small piece of stirafoam as filler or increase powder and shot to fill excess space in case.

[Paul Harm]

Naw, a 1/2" should be ok. Don't put much pressure - go lightly. It's a feel type of operation. The spinning tool has to heat the material and then it will roll over. I find it's easier with a small drill press to keep the top even and parallel with the side, but it can be done with a hand drill. Just thought - don't use any crimp station with the press if you have the tool that spins. You just deprime, prime, add powder, then the wads, next shot and a over shot card, then remove it from the press. Use your hand spinner to do all the crimp operation. Should come out nice.

[wayne goerres]

I put together 6 rounds to try the parker out with. Think I will need a drill press and some kind of a jig to hold the shell. It is hard on your hands. Had already used a small piece of foam to take up some of the space. Worked great. I need to find a primeing cup for this press. Do you know if the standard primeing cup fits this press. Precisions add for this part say's that it wont fit the 600 and 650 before 1987 but nothing about the 310 press. Wish I still had my lathes and mills. I would just make the parts.

[Paul Harm]

Call Mec - they'll take care of you. I worked up a load of 20.5grs of PB and 1oz with the Rem SP-10 - shot great without the recoil. Also made one up with fiber wads but it took 2 1/2 filler wads to bring the shot up high enough to crimp. Didn't like that. That load is the same for 12ga so 10ga load should have a lot less pressure.

[wayne goerres]

I used the lightest load for a 12ga out of lymans black powder hand book. 3 drams, 82 gr. 1 oz. shot with a over powder card and coushion wad plus over shot card and small piece of stirafoam with a roll crimp. Basicly the same load I use to shoot out of my muzzleloader. Hopefully my scedule will allow me to fire it in the next couple of days. Now if i can just find some squirles in alabama to shoot at.

[wayne goerres]

Mr Harm. Sorry it took so long to get around to tryinthe 10ga reloads. They worked great. Fired the old parker today. The recoil was very light with the 3 dram 1 oz bp load. Hell my 28ga kicked harder. Did not pattern the load because I plan on switching to your smokeless load. Will have to order the 16 ga over powder wads first. thanks

[Paul Harm]

Order the 16ga 1/2" cushion wads - that way you can cut them to the thickness you want.

[wayne goerres]

Thats an excellent idea. I will do that. Do the wad pettels have ot be trimmed back for 2 5/8 hulls.

[Paul Harm]

Nope