What are the drawbacks of RST paper loads?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Steve Havener

I get an average of four loadings using the paper Cheddites 16 gauge hulls Grafs used to sell which is on par with the plastic Cheddites. I get about the same results with some new old stock primed empty Federal paper 16s I picked up a few years ago. They don't compete well with the old Winchester compression formed hull or Remington STS but four reloads for us 16 shooters isn't all that bad when considering all of the currently available hulls.

So how do you avoid the paper getting all messed up and wanting to curl in on itself when reloading? When putting the wads, and shot card in. Are you roll crimping or folding?

[Steve Havener]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

So how do you avoid the paper getting all messed up and wanting to curl in on itself when reloading? When putting the wads, and shot card in. Are you roll crimping or folding?

I roll crimp exclusively. I keep the inside of the crimp head clean and lube the case mouth of the shell before closing with a drop of STP. Works great. I don't mess with the drill mounted roll crimp heads opting for the old time hand operated tools which gives me a much better feel for what is going on and to my mind it is quicker.