Similar 12 gauge hulls

[Cold Spring]

The newer 12-gauge Gun Clubs (last few years) are good hulls but have a wide range of lengths. That can be frustrating to reload if you like nice crimps and not getting back into the clubhouse after shooting with many loose pellets in your vest pocket. That’s with a MEC 9000 Progressive press. You set up the press for a good tight crimp and most come out fine but despite that a fair percentage of the GC’s will have a hole in the center or with swirls. That leads to repeated fiddling with the press to adjust its settings. On the other hand Remington STS and Nitro hulls are pretty consistent as regards length of fired hull.

More on loose pellets due to a hole in the crimp ….. over the past two weeks I’ve seen two guns (Perazzi and a GH Parker) that wouldn’t lock up due to a loose pellet squashed between the water table and frame. Both shooters are very experienced shotshell reloaders.