Creating your own ammo such as Short 10ga is very satisfying, it will be equally or more satisfying when you put it in your gun and it goes BANG. Then you will take your empties home and load them again, only this time you will think, wow this is easy. Have fun.

PS. Have not heard of any issues with a short kit as you describe. Lift up the big spring and try to adjust it.

Can't be adjusted. It fits the shaft on the reloader to tight.

wayne now you need to pattern them shells and tell us how they do...i bet they will pattern out to 45 yards easy...of course we need a turkey head as a target...a ten ga is my favorite gauge over all...charlie

Charley it will be next week before I can try these shells. Sorry but I don't have a turkey head. Will a DR Pepper can in a sock do.

it will do just fine...charlie

The little fingers on the sheet metal plate that holds the shell in place for crimping for me seems to goof things up. I bent mine straight so they're not between the spacer and the base of the machine. I then tapped them with a hammer to bend under the base.

The next time I use the press I will try tweeking things around a bit. Sure would be nice if they would start makeing things that work properly. It isn't like they under charge us for the engineering.

Paul

What kind of press are you using? I use a MEC 600 jr. and don't even use the shell plate. I found that all of the pieces (resizer, wad/shot drop tube, crimp starter and finish crimp) help move the shell to the correct position. It makes switching gauges on the same press much quicker as well.

Jack Kuzepski

The 600jr. Never thought about not using the locator plate - try not using it next time.

Oh, now I know why I use it. Some of my high brass shells want to stick in the final crimp station and the plate catches the rim of the shell and holds it down so it will come out.