I went out today and tried 40 yards and 50 yards with my same RST hulls using 692 grains of BPI #6’s and 100 grains of Fg. The only difference was I roll crimped them this time VS just gluing in an over shot card.
I had 12 hits in my turkey head target at 40 yards and only 5 hits at 50 yards. I then tried the same load but in a federal hull. I had 13 hits at 40 yards. I put a pop can behind my 50 yard target. The #6 BPI nickel plated pellets passed through the cardboard box my target was stapled to and then completely through the pop can I placed in the box to test for penetration. I don’t plan on taking a 50 a yard shot but if for some reason my bird hangs up at 40 yards I won’t hesitate to shoot it. I can tell you if that was a real bird at 50 yards today it would have been dead as a door nail IMO. One pellet to the brain and one in the neck vertebrae. Same with the RST hull 40 yard shot. I guess I just get lucky a lot with a pellet to the brain.
My first target i shot with a roll crimp RST hull at 40 yards...
My second shot with the same load at 50 yards...
And here was my last test at 40 yards with the same load but with a federal hull...
I must have had a “hot” pellet or piece of powder melt part of one of my RST cases. Here are the fired cases after I heated the roll crimps with a heat gun.
When I inspected it the hole did not burn all the way through but I took the shell out of service just to be safe. The other two cases look great yet. I might order some brass case in the near future. I am guessing I could have still used the other case since the hole wasn’t burnt completely through?
Forgot to add a picture of my quad pin roll crimps...
