Having a blast loading short 10; a few questions. (long and boring)

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I have reloaded shotshells and metallic cartridges for 50 years. I recently acquired a nice Parker GH 3 frame. I wanted a 10 gauge and after looking for quite a while bought this one because it had stock dimensions that actually fit me rather than the majority I see that I would have to adapt to. Got the necessary gear together as recommended in the excellent 10 ga reloading thread and I've had more fun setting things up the and loading hulls. Took the first batch out yesterday and nailed 24 out of 25 in a quick round of trap. Very pleased with the results and with those heavy 32" damascus barrels your follow through is automatic! It really smokes targets and the snowstorm from the fiber wad is kind of cool.

I'm loading 19 gr of red dot in Fed hulls shortened to 2 7/8 with the xacto and dowel homemade trimmer, WW 209 primer, Rem SP10 wad, one 16 ga .125 card and .5 fiber wad according to Craig Larter's recipe (thanks Craig).

A couple of questions:
1) Does everyone skiv their hulls after shortening and how much. I used a ballistic products power skiver and put about 1/8" bevel at the mouth. Seemed to work OK.

2} I followed Craig's load for Fed Hull, SP10 wad, 19 red dot and 1 1/8 7 1/2 but only had room for one .125 card instead of 2 and a .5 fiber wad instead of a .70. Wonder why there would be such a difference? If I loaded everything as listed it would fill the hull to the top.

3) I used a Ballistic products brass crimp starter as it looked more substantial for new never-been-crimped hulls. It doesn't spin like the plastic crimp starter on the sizemaster so I had to be very careful indexing previously fired hulls.

4) I loaded powder and the plastic SP10 wad, removed the shell and placed the card then fiber wad, then put the shell back in the machine for the shot. Do most do it that way or pre-load the card and fiber wad in the SP10 and seat them all at once?

Thanks for any answers you guys may have and for all the knowledge about this you have already taken the time to share on the forum. Most helpful.

Best
Tim