this would probably work on those winchester hull but as bill says it would take a while for the hull to dry out..now this idea of yours william would work fine on brass hulls...charlie

The plastic hulls would probable expand outward before the primer comes out. It will work with brass hulls.

I'm planning on loading for the 8ga [ if I ever get it back for the gunsmith ] and was going to use fiber wads. I can't remember who, but someone came to my shoot with a 8ga and I could see the powder getting by the wad. Think it was a Winchester hull you could see into when loaded - the wad seemed to fit awful loose. Anyone have this problem with the 8 ?

I have loaded both ways using plastic wads and using fiber wads. I didn't have that problem.Fair warning Paul,if you are thinking of using black powder in the plastic hulls you will only get one loading per hull. It burns holes right through the side of the hulls.

Oh I'm quite aware of BP burning through the hull - been doing it since the 70's. With BP, it's load em once and then throw them away. I just like a tight fit between the wad and hull and believe fiber would do it better after seeing some 8ga loaded shells with plastic wads. I was just wondering if this was a common occurrence.

If the fit of the fiber wads is too loose, the solution is to order some 7 gauge wads.

paul i have had this problem sometimes with the powder going half way up the wad but only a few flakes...have shot them this way no problems...charlie

Bill, it was the fit of plastic wads, that's why I was thinking of fiber wads.

Gents,

I have had no problems loading almost 1000 8 gauge shells using a converted MEC 600, Winchester and Remington hulls, and Remington SP-8 wads.

The results were witnessed at Hausmann's Hidden Hollow two summers ago by a military size squad of humble PGCA shooters.

Last summer I allowed a half dozen Parker and Fox guys to try the Fox Bo-Whoop long range shoot with my DH 8 and handloads.

The SP-8 wads and Win & Rem hulls work fine for me. The swaging and reloading equipment work great and are easier to obtain than is a decent 8 gauge.

Mark hit on something that I didn't think of. I also run mine through a sizing die. Thats probable why the powder dosn't slip past the wads.