Hulls buckling at the brass

[Eric Johanen]

I have experienced this problem also. Some lots of hulls are less stiff/hard than others. Both 16 ga. and 12 ga. Those that are soft I keep for roll crimp and they work fine. It can drive one insane though. My last order of red 16's and blue (mauve) 12's are working nicely. Fiochhi also show this soft condition in different lots. I'm a bit of a hull whore but soft hulls give me a chance to go light and use my speed bag and just shoot and toss! Euro hulls are generally not made with reloading in mind and they like the "one and done "concept.

[J. A. EARLY]

Harold,

The Cheddite hulls are cheaply made with microscopically thin metal on the heads and plastic. I had the same problem(s) and ruined dozens and had to get a set of 16 dies for my MEC Super Sizer. Only way to reload them after firing. The metal is so thin when I shot some in 10 ga to 16 ga Gaugemate adaptors, the metal blew out so big I had to remove the adaptors and punch them out! That's how weak they are. Had same problem with hulls collapsing.


I found the 8 point crimp worked the best to help prevent the problem.