Brass hulls can have very inconsistent quality. Steels you can specify types and be fairly sure of its quality. Brass rod s often imported with very poor quality. Few years ago PGCA member posted he was having trouble chambering brass hulls that had worked fine previously.

He sent a few samples to to measure. Found they were oblong and would not chamber In my Parker 10 Hammer either. Put them in the lathe and turned them true, found cracks as soon as I took a few thou off. Had 20 RMC turned 32/40 cases from when they first started in business. Few developed cracks, RMC replaced them. I shoot a fair amount of 32/40 gave up on the turned. Drawn brass makes a much better case. 32/40 I have choices. 10 G not as much to chose from

Drawn case Anealing does make a big difference and worth trying.

William

With the price of Red Dot and supply issue.What powders are being substituted?

2 5/8" 10 gauge loads
 

I picked up some 10 gauge 2 5/8" RTS shells yesterday for an old double I had bought. They are Cheddite hulls. Does anyone have any good data to load these with 1 1/8 oz or 1 1/4 oz of lead shot? The only wads I could find are the BP10 wads.

You sure those aren't 2 7/8" RST hulls (Cheddite)? You can use the BP 10g wads.

RST sells 2 5/8" 10ga shells.

I have never seen their 10g in 2 5/8. Well I’ll be dipped in guano and rolled in peanut butter!

My friend that’s into Remington SxS’s had several flats of RST 10 gauge 2 5/8” . I tried reloading a few of his empties but they left the factory roll crimped and it was more of a pain in the butt than I wanted to deal with .

A buddy has some 10g RST empties he asked me about. Since I never knew they made 2 5/8” loads I told him I didn’t want them. If he still has them I mentioned to him to post them for sale here.

Does the MEC 600 Jr. do an adequate job of resizing a 10 guage?
At very low pressures does the brass even deform?

The 600jr will resize the brass properly but I found the hulls are difficult to remove from the die. I resize my 10ga hulls on a MEC Super Sizer.