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[Alligator]

I also had trouble with Winchester shells in an Ithaca 37 20 ga. a few years ago. Occasionally you would pull the brass off the plastic. These were new shells and I think they were big box store heavy loads. I seem to remember Winchester was having troubles like that in all gages about 10 years ago. Lee.

[charlie cleveland]

i will back off on the powder werei will not tempt fate..... isuspect it is the hulls sicne others have had trouble with the brass like i have. i will trw to load a few more of them but i will slack up on powder charge.what kind ofhulls would some of you 10 ga reloaders reccomend.does any body out thier that reloads use them in a automatic shotgun.i hope my next reloads sheds some light on these hulls coming apart. charlie

[Labowner]

I use the Federal hulls, buy them at Ballistic Products.

[Dollar Grade]

Probably no related but...I use the federal hulls and have had odd things happen in really cold or really hot weather with a hot steel shot load. Cold weather sometimes the hull cracks, and I have had the brass crack. In hot temps(80 F) the pressure is high and the primers pop and the head will sometimes end up as a dome... Shooting out of a Browning auto 10. Using Alliant Steel powder. I don't shoot them on hot days anymore.

Kurt

[charlie cleveland]

thanks fellas for all the info. i think i will buy me some new hulls get me a 3 1/2 inch doublegun. and only shoot factory loads in my auto ten.i sure liked that old ithica it did not kicknear as hard as a double gun does.that old auto has killed more turkeys thanthan even my parker 10 ga and thats a fact. ha thanks again charlie

[Bill Murphy]

One advantage with a ten gauge double for turkeys is that you can pull both barrels if the bird is a bit out of normal head shot range. With an auto, the second shot is always a body shot, not good.