I finally got around to trying out my four pin roller for the 2nd time yesterday. Last, and fist time trying the roll crimper was last spring using a hand held drill. What a pain with the hand held drill. Never got them perfect IMO until 5 to 10 minutes of forcing the hull into crimper long enough to heat it.
So, yesterday I loaded up 9, ten gauge, 3.5” hulls for spring turkey hunting. All I had left unfortunately. I’m about out on x10x and Sp10 wads..and federal hulls….so I better take my time on the trigger with them. I headed over to my buddies house to use his drill press. It took about 3 to five seconds each to make a nice even crimp. I’ll be on the hunt for a drill press now. Loaded up 2oz of #6 NPI shot(only shot I have on hand) and 39 grains of HS-6 along with a X10x and SP10. I patterned it in my Browning Gold National Wild turkey federation semi auto 10 gauge along with a code black turkey choke. The load had more pellet count on my turkey head and neck target at 45 yards than any factory ammo I’ve tried. Just wish I had some #5 shot to try. I have have always preferred the #5’s for longer shots and better knock down. I brushed on some clear nail polish over the shot cards to waterproof them.
