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Tried my nice new Roberts Industries 10 gauge shell trimmer ! Works quite nicely , thank you Mr.Roberts sir !!!!! I loaded a couple with a couple RST hulls and they all did very nicely although they’re maybe 1/16” difference in length which I may address later .

Tweaked it just a bit today so the length was more inline with the RST hulls . Put a shim under the blade that seems to have it about the same as the RST’s . They appear to load about the same crimpwise . Last pic shows an RST 2 7/8” hull on the left , an untweaked hull I cut yesterday in the middle and finally a hull I cut today after adding the shims .

Do they go BANG and break clays and kill birds consistently?

..... isn't that all that really matters??





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Well they are a bit nicer to look at than the Remington hulls I cut in my jig on the bandsaw . The ones I loaded yesterday and today are 1 1/8 ounce loads with the same Green Dot charge as the ounce loads I loaded week before last . The ounce loads hit targets well at f I pointed the gun correctly a couple weeks back . Think I’m
Going to take enough 1 1/4 ounce 10’s for the events at Backwoods and enough 1 1/8 ounce for the same thing . I’ll start with the lighter load and should I loose confidence I’ll switch . But to answer your question if all I was worried about was breaking targets or killing feathered birds I’d shoot an O/U or an 11/87 :rotf:

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You are clamping the base down prior to cutting, right? Thought I had it set exactly at 2 7/8" per my trusty Stanley tape, but..........

No I've been holding it down with my hand . I'm sure you set it correctly I just wanted them to match the RST hulls which may be a skoosh short . The RST's are 2.835" the ones I cut yesterday were 2.905" after my shim I'm getting 2.850" . All three work fine to be honest .

I might go over to the club tonight and try a round or two of skeet . Loaded 28 with the SP-10 wad , 19 with the BPI wad and cards then six more with the BPI wad and red beans as the only spacers .

Clamp it down. It will be much easier and will render a more consistent cut. Ask me how l know :bigbye:

Gotcha :cool:

Very nice gun!
But,
is the case trimmer in production Randy, asking for a friend:)

Not really Keavin. I just threw one together for Craig.

I’ve got 100+ new uncut REM hulls so I decided to cut a few of them . The first was a bit short with the shims and after removing the shims it was pretty much the same . After trimming some I loaded two with the SP-10 wad and two with the BPI/Gualandi wad . Both using only red beans for displacement as I’d run out of 16 gauge 1/8” cards , found I needed eight beans with the SP-10 and nine with the BPI . Had YouTube showing Pacquiao fighting Thai 3K Battery think that was 2006 or 2007 fight .

Do you have one of the Ballistic Products Super Crown Crimpers?

No I was contemplating one recently however . You mean the brass kinda sharp one correct ?

Yes Sir, I would highly recommend it. Works wonders on new hulls. It will make that crimp a lot neater and they will have less tendency to open up which my new hulls had prior to using the BP crimper.

I’m going to a Virginia Vintagers thing tommorrow at Central VA SC . Sadly when Brad got his land use permit the board of supervisors in that county said nothing larger than 10 gauge or I’d try my 1 1/8 ounce 10 gauge loads .

Might order some more Cheddercheese hulls from BPI next week and if I’ll do I’ll pony up for one of those brass crimp starters .