I have acquired some very nice specimens of antique loading tools. I tried a no-name 10 gauge 'roller' on a plastic hull and it produced a very nice crimp. When I start loading short tens, I will use it. It can be addicting, trust me. Cheers!

I can hardly wait probally coulda got it cheaper but the thing is brass and looked nicer than most I have seen.

Now I gota get some over shot cards I'm going to stick with green duster wads and am considering the clear osc's that fragment apart when fired

keith hope you find some more treasures out there in the thisles.... shell collecting can really become a bad habit like buying old parker doubles....charlie

Charlie,

Just acouple of weeks ago I was digging a trench trying to find our water pipe so the grader wouldn't bust it while fixing our drive way. but thats another story. I bumped something metal with me shovel and kinda looked like a gun part (I was hoping). the thing said "Benjiman Franklin" on the side and looked like some sort of barrel or reciever So I washed the mud off my find and brought it in. Low and Behold I dug up a 1935 Franklin air pistol chamber (that's the part just under the barrel). Half a foot later I found the pipe and didn't have to dig 20 feet like I thought i was going to have to. Well MR. Franklin brought me luck. It now sits on the shelf just above my reloader as does my newly found shells and will my roll crimper.

Historic pieces we find should be cherished as are my arrow heads I find every summer when I go back to the lil south Georgia town where I grew up and learned to appreciate what a great country we have here and will pass this knowledge on to my first born child due in AUG.

Good on ya, Keith! We all should feel the same way about preserving our heritage for our children. Congratulations on having your first child! I was on the Missouri playing tag with the Iranians, while they shot Kuwaiti tankers with our flags on them, when my first daughter was born. Within the next few days, she will be giving birth to my first grand-daughter (I have 2 grandsons) Uff Da! Time flies. Cherish it while you can. Collecting cartridges would be a neat thing to do with your son(?)

Son or daughter I will pass on what I have learned. For I just ask for a healthy baby and wife....

my congratulations on the upcoming event... i need you to come over and help me dig for gold your a lucky fellow.... charlie

Gold sounds good but... if not you could show me the roll crimper secrets you know. I'm a lil nervous at how they going to turn out but i'm just going to take it one at a time and ask questions when I run into problems.

First things first boys....

Keith, I had never used a roll crimper before, but it worked fine! I cleaned the machine real good before I used it to ascertain the integrity of the crimping head. I used the lever to force the shell into the head, turned the crank, and was astounded at the quality of my crimp. I am sure there will be a learning curve here, but I don't think I will ruin any hulls in the process once I start loading for real.

yea patience is what I have my first question is...

I have a 2 3/4" hull with an exsisting 6pt fold in the top, how much should I trim off??? I'm wana go with 7/8oz or 1oz 15-16 grn. 700x.

I know I wana take the pre star crimp off of the top or at least most of it.