RST hulls
 

Frank
I actually now have a bunch of RST hulls that i paid dearly for fully loaded. i have no regrets though because the RST loads are excellent in my opinion and I have no trouble handing over my money to such a friendly guy as Morris.
Any ideas for duplicating those RST loads?

Pictures of the Titanic Big Ten for BFT
 

I noticed, as I was reading through all of these great posts, that I failed to post pictures of the Titanic 10 that BFT requested. So here are a few shots of the DH 3 frame No 114677, with fluid steel barrels, made in 1902.

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Frank did you order the six or eight star crimp?

I got the six crimp because that is what RST uses.

Awesome tool -- works great.

I ordered one this morning

tell me more!!!!!:)

Rare shooter-obcessed collector. Have 28 American Breechloaders-all "Small" Makers in 10 ga. 2 3 1/4 in chambers-both E Thomas Jr, 1 4in chamber P Mullin.-rest short chambers.
2 are pinfires-Genez,Sneider. 2 are Hammerless-Hasdell, Sneider-the rest are Hammer Guns. 1 driillng Baker
Reguards
Bill McPhail

bill that 4 inch chambered 10 ga is of great interest to me could you tell us a little more about it... such as weight and lenth of barrels...have you any 4 inch shells for this gun..... charlie

Charlie, The P Mullin(New York City) is a 10 ga Jones Underlever made on a Birmingham
Proofed Barrelled Action. 32 In 10lb 4 Oz Laminated Steel 4 pin lock with Gold Sheild.
It has a Connon Breech-6 in , 4 in Chamber. I have a 4 in Brass shell but have not found
a 4 in 10 ga shell. Have Mullin 8 Ga with 4 1/4 in chamber. Mullin made unadorned shotguns. 1850's to 90's. Have pictures but do not know how to post on this site.
Can send on e-mail if one is sent-mcphailcherkoee@aol.com
Reguards
Bill

I've found the plastic start crimp works just fine. The short kit is nothing other than a spacer to make up for the shorter shell. A piece of wood would work. Where it's needed is in the final crimp - it makes the shell go up in the final crimp the proper distance so the shell isn't " belled out " at the end. If any of you want load data go to our reloading forum. Short 10 loads are the same for longer shells but adjustments will have to be made with the wad so everything will fit. Many times fiber wads will have to be used and they can be bought from www.circlefly.com . Graig has recommended what size wads to use. For nitro I use 18grs of 700X and the Remington SP-10 wad [ with a 16ga wad inside for filler] ; and with BP, 85grs of 3F, fiber wads, and 1oz of shot. Good luck - Paul