Quick Question

[John Taddeo]

I am reloading 28 Gauge AA HS and the damn varying hull length's are giving me fits crimping.. How do I adjust for the hulls that seem to be about a 1/4" short.. I am separating them out now so where would I make my adjustment to get a good crimp.. (using a Mec 600 and waa28hs wad)..

[Paul Harm]

Not sure, but believe that's a problem with the Win hulls. About all you can do is set up for the hulls that have the same length. Good luck.

[Dean Romig]

Is it the difference in height of base wads that's causing the problem in length or is it simply the overall shell length?





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[William Davis]

Some times I will separate loaded AA's with open crimps (due to inconsistent OAL) and close the small opening with a drop of white glue. Get a box full of glued crimp shells shoot them up and throw the hulls away.

Gets rid of the short ones.

William

[Gary Laudermilch]

While I do not reload the 28 I shoot with several guys that do and I know they prefer the Win. case for its longevity. Throwing away good hulls, especially the 28 is like throwing away gold but 1/4 inch is quite a bit of case length discrepancy to deal with. I've loaded many thousands of 20 ga Gun Clubs that are notorious for varying in length but never 1/4 inch. My solution was to split the difference with press settings to get acceptable results on all lengths. May not work for you though.

[Mark Garrett]

Set up for the short shells and live with swirl in the crimp in the long shells ( swirls don't leak shot ,holes in the center do ) although as said before a 1/4" is quite a difference , my not work with that small of diameter hull .

or........... you could cut the long ones down to the same length as the short ones .

[John Taddeo]

Would anyone recommend a shorter wad base to compensate for a crimp that will close and if so which wad to replace a waa28 ??? The 3/4 load is to high to get a crimp..

[Ken Hill]

John,

I may miss understand your last post. The Win HS hulls use a different wad than the standard Win AAs. You should use the waa28-HS wad. This may not help, but ...

Ken

[John Taddeo]

I apologize.. It is a waa28HS.. I usually have all the hulls in a bin and don't pay a lot of attention as I grab and load them.. I am now going to separate them and if I can find a way to get the shot and wad a little lower ( the difference of the two pictured ) I should be in good shape.. I hope.

[wayne goerres]

You could use a shot card under the crimp on the short ones and leave your press set up as is.

[Mark Garrett]

Are you saying the load data you are using won't fit in the short hulls ?

I have no idea about the 28ga as I don't load them ,but if it doesn't fit the shorter hulls , you will need to find data with a lower stack height .

[Mark Garrett]

Although for the most part , I don't like Shotgun World , you could check with those guys over there .

Some of those guys are very knowledgeable and lot of them load the 28ga

[John Taddeo]

I think I will for sure try another load with a shorter stack and keep the hulls separate because I believe you are correct... I will not get this load into these hulls with any consistency.. Thanks to all for the input..

[Gary Laudermilch]

I asked two guys that load the 28 HS hull at a 5-stand shoot last evening. They were quick to confirm the hull length discrepancy and moan about it a bit. They were rattling off load recipes that work for them but I cannot remember, nor would I trust my memory, of anything they suggested. I do remember the one guy saying to try a Federal wad. Sorry I cannot be of more help but you can rest assured others are struggling with the same dilemma and have found a solution. Keep looking.