2 7/8" SHELLS IN 2 5/8"

[J. A. EARLY]

Thanks to all for the advice and especially William for the tool he sent me. I was able to recover all of my fired rolled-hulls, especially important was William's tip to leave it in the hull and let it cool so it does not retain the memory of the crimp, whether previously a star or roll crimp.

One and a quarter ounces was too much for my Federal hulls with 32 grains of 7625. So I had no choice but to roll crimp.

My 1878 short-short 10 lifter likes the bigger shot (4s) much better than 6s. It puts the same amount of nickel 4s in the turkey head as it does with 6s, which is strange I thought. Maybe it is the nickel-plated shot. It is all contained within the SP10 shot cup so I don't worry about the nickel.

Well, wound up for turkey season which begins tomorrow at daybreak and off every morning for the next four weeks. I'll be more worn out than the turkeys that run from my calls and go the other way. But there is no hunting like it (well maybe dove, and goose, and deer, and...).