Keith,

I have thrown away way too many Federal papers that were still good as I was told that they could only be reloaded several times. As this precious hull became hard to come by for me I started reloading them more and more times. My loads were low pressure 7/8 & 1 oz with IMR 7625 powder. I could get eight reloads per hull or more. I would shoot them until the white paper inside was gone. A note of caution is to check the bore after firing and make sure the paper base wad has not seperated and stuck in the barrel.

Harry

thanks harry for the reminder..the base wad will come loose in about all the hulls...as you said look down the barrel after each shot fired... charlie

+1 Harry. Thanks for the heads up on the paper hulls / barrel check since I do use them for reloading black powder.

The roll crimp has a touch of class. Use your Mec and after the wad and shot drop pull it out and roll crimp. And if you get some paper wads from WWW.circlefly.com you can cut them off shorter and keep on reloading. Throw a couple of 2" shells in your pocket and amaze your friends. Paul

Sooo... for each time I trim the hull should i lean back on the powder charge and shot to make it lighter since i'm using a shorter hull???

Keith,

I have not looked at the data for some time, however with paper wads you can still shoot a 1oz load in a 2' shell. The problem I have is trying to find pressure appropriate loads for my Twist Parkers. Balistics Products has paper wad data, but the pressures are higher than I like.

Harry

Why can't you shoot the same data for the 2 3/4 shell in the 2" ?

I was always respectful of shotgun shell data, following it to the letter. If you change one component you could change pressure by as much as several thousand psi. Substituting paper wads for plastic is going to change the pressure and I don't know which way. I remember with brass hulls and paper wads it takes much more powder than you would use with a plastic hull and wad. I cant fit the content of a 2 3/4" shell into one 2"s. I wish I was home to look at my notes.

Harry

I was just thinking with less room in the hull that I'd have to use less shot but with a paper wad then I would have plenty of room for all the shot and powder i would need. I'm anxious to try some out. Some of the hulls I have that are split I'ma go and trim them down and give it a try.

Should i trim them to 2 1/4inch?