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11-06-2009, 11:07 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Dave,
Thanks, that is what I wanted. I use a 600 Jr for short 10's with the "short kit". I have a few 600 Jr's in 12, 20, 28 & 410 that were Papa's and mine before we got into Grabbers and the 9000's. Does MEC make a conversion kit to 16 gauge? I think I saw something like that on ebay. I'm using a Lee Loadall and had forgotten how slow they are. Harry |
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11-06-2009, 12:34 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Harry,
MEC does make a 16 gauge short kit. The plate is the same for all gauges. The only difference between the gauges is the thin metal piece that holds the shell in position. You can use the riser plate from your 10 gauge, and manually hold the hull in place while you do the pre-crimp and crimp portions. |
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11-06-2009, 02:48 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I just received a few replies to this question on the 16 gauge reloaders forum. The easiest solution offered was to cut the hulls to 2 9/16" leaving a little crimp memory, load on the progressive reloader as you would a 2 3/4" shell and insert an overshot card before indexing to the crimp station. Not as pretty as a roll crimp, but works just as well I'm told.
Harry |
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11-06-2009, 03:04 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Harry,
That option works well, but the shells are ugly as hell looking. I prefer to load the 2-1/2" hulls. They look correct and shoot well. |
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