Getting into papers

[Bill Murphy]

Newbies should be reminded that we don't eject shells onto the ground with either paper or plastic shells when shooting expensive guns. A tube separation can destroy a gun, so we eject into our hands to insure that every shell is intact after firing. Even a modern plastic shell can go beyond the forcing cone if a separation occurs in a large bore gun like a Super Fox or older Parker with larger than nominal dimension bore. I will let Frank explain base wad separations and their possible consequences.

[Pa SxS]

Frank,

Your reloads look great! I just bought 500 Federal papers from a guy in Florida, it cost $41.00 plus shipping. There is nothing like shooting Federal papers in vintage guns. The fired hull smell brings back so many memories. Like perfume on a beautiful woman.

You'll have to experiment with how many reloads you'll get per hull. It's usually 3 to 4 before they start to pinhole at the base or the mouths get too soft. I think some of it depends on the amount of powder/shot/wads you use and the pressure that is developed.

I usually use Clay Dot but I've been told that Red Dot simulates the old smell so I bought 1 lb just to try. I haven't reloaded any using Red Dot yet, just Clay Dot. The smell isn't bad. I use Fed 209 primers and Downrange 12S0 clones for 7/8 and 1 oz loads.

Hope to see you at my shoot on April 6th in Hbg.