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Poor quality control is what is wrong with mine. The clip piece was stamped in multipal opperations. The blank was misalined during stamping. You have to move the case back and forth to get it alined with the crimp dies.

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Originally Posted by wayne goerres (Post 108845)

When you trim on the bandsaw dose it leave a rough case mouth.

Not overly rough I would say !

If I have some time to spare I sometimes run them across a brass brush on the end of an electric motor .

And if I don't I load them after a loading or two anything frayed or whatever is gone plain and simple .

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Originally Posted by Paul Harm (Post 108939)

Ah yes, those clips. As I remember I just ground them off - no more problem. Anyways, Precision Reloading has the short kit if you're going to buy one. They also make round brass spacers for the 12 and 20. If one had a metal lathe they would be simple to make for any gauge. If you go here you can view them www.precisionreloading.com - go to shotgun reloading, then mec presses, then mec accessories, then on the second page you'll see the brass spacers.

I got the PRI brass spacers for the 12 and 20 gauge and had a friend make me the sme thing for the 16 gauge .

Craig, I don't know about you, but $44/100 for empty 10ga shells is a lot of money to me to be throwing them away after a couple of reloads. My Remington 10 was 2 3/4" and the Parker 10 was 2 5/8" - had both taken out to 2 7/8" chambers. Now I can load just one size shell, and when they get too shabby they go in a bag to be made into 2 5/8. But that's only after candle wax won't hold the end together anymore. I make em last till the shot starts rolling out the barrels.

Dennis... Have you thought about loading brass shotshells?
I have a L.C. Smith that I load for. Ballistic Products has some
Very nice repo Parker brass 10 gauge shells, they also have
Over powder cards, wads and overshot cards. I do have a 10
Gauge Lee reloading kit that I use to load them.

Jim,
Thanks for asking about the brass shells. As a kid I loaded some brass 12 gauge Alcan shells with an old Lee hand loader but I haven't thought of it for this gun. I have a small supply of 10 gauge RST shells and some 3 1/2 inch Federal shells I get from my brother. I will look into the brass shells though when I get around to doing this. Thanks for the information. The brass shells would certainly fit in with my 1884 gun.

Dennis

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Originally Posted by Paul Harm (Post 109085)

At the moment I only have the old W&C Scott and an Ithaca NID in short 10 gauge !

Of the hulls I have a friend that owns a JW Tolley hammergun gave me about 75 Remington hulls that he said were to far gone for him and I've used them for several loadings of birdshot and buckshot . Only bought 200 new Remington hulls and a bag full of Federal once fired . So you might say I don't throw them away until they come apart LOL's !

I have twentyfive of the old Winchester brass 10 gauge shells . But I've yet to give them a try . Also have 4 or 5 boxes of old factory 2 7/8" shells that have been reloaded by someone else . I might try these in the Ithaca first since it's fluid steel :whistle:

It is my intention to get a Parker 10 at some point . Preferably a hammerless N grade or above .

Jin I looked on balistic products for the brass 10ga hulls to no avail. Did you have to call them or did I just miss something. I would like to buy about a box or two.

I believe "track of the wolf" shells cost around $7.75 per shell. If so, these are made by Rocky Mountain and are turned from solid brass. The Mag Techs are stamped out so they're quite a bit cheaper. But as I've said in the past, I've never found a load for the MT's when using nitro. Maybe someone has and will chime in.