[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

If you feel a need to shoot 2 1/2" hulls in your gun there are a number of hull trimmers out there with which you can accomplish that. Precision Reloading (800-223-0900) has a shotshell dismantler, D-Loader, at a reasonable price that will cut the hull in 1/2 for salvaging bad reloads components. PR has a D-Loader Trim Attachment used with the cutter to allow trimming hulls back to 2 1/2". I've been using one similar to it for more than 20 years from Ballistic Products. BP has since come out with a new designed trimmer.

The new BP unit is designed specifically for trimming hulls. You can get it in 20 gauge or any other gauge you want. I haven't used the new one, but its a pretty simple device. Either one will do the job for you.

You might consider, since you're going to trim the hulls to 2 1/2", to start roll crimping, too. Both PR and BP have roll crimping tools that are used in a hand drill or drill press. Of the two tools, I think the PR is the better roll crimper.