8 ga. hulls

[charlie cleveland]

i recently bought 40 8 ga winchester hulls once fired..there is a problem with them they are very hard to knock the primers out..i ruined the first two hulls..inside the hull thebase has a card board base the hole to the primer is only about 1/2 the size it use to be..the normal primer removal tip is to big th go down the smaller hole...i then said ok just get a smaller punch to go down the small hole..this works but now you only punch out the inner part of the primer and then its the devil to get the rest of the primer out..so beware of this new problem in reloading 8 ga winchester hulls..i have not over come this problem yet...has anyone else encountered this yet...charlie

[Paul Harm]

Could you go down in [ with maybe a over size drill so it's long enough ] and drill out just the base wad. Could maybe do it by hand. Then a regular punch would work.

[charlie cleveland]

thanks paul i believe that will work..charlie

[charlie cleveland]

do any of you fellas reloading 8 ga remington one fired hulls have trouble trying to put the plastic wad in the hull have problems pushing it in the hull...this evening i was loading up some remington hulls once fired well they were just about impossible to get that plastin wadding in the hull well i decided it would take to long to load up a box of these hulls....i then came upon a idea that made loading them much easyer..i took my knife and cut a slit in the mouth of the hull right in the center of the hull mouth about 1/4 of and inch long..makes loading the wad a lot better...the hull still roll crimps just fine..if these were hunting loads i would seal the end of the shell with hot wax or a hot glue gun this would make them water proof then....but just for target shoot will be fine as they are..charlie

[charlie cleveland]

i fired a coupla of these shells this afternoon really worked out fine...iwhat do some of you other fellows do on these remington once fired shells to help yall get a plastin wad in the hull....charlie

[Bill Murphy]

It's been a while since I broke out the eight gauge loading equipment, but I think I made a wad seater out of a piece of copper pipe, ran it through a grinder to taper the end to fit in the mouth. Start with a piece of pipe that is big enough inside to accept the wad.

[charlie cleveland]

never thought of that bill will try the pipe system...charlie

[wayne goerres]

That's a good idea. I beleave i will try that trick myself.

[William Davis]

Going from memory so it may not be correct.

I think Dixie Gun works years ago suggested water In the case, supported over a block that's relieved under the primer. Tight fitting dowel in its mouth then whack it with a hammer.

Think I would try it with a common 12 G first . Hydraulic pressure is powerful may work.

William

[Bill Murphy]

It will take days to dry out the base wad once it gets wet.