Of beans and things...fillers

[Gary Laudermilch]

I shoot about 2700 20's a year. I use only one brand of hulls and have enough to last a year. I load the 2700 in the winter when things are slow and do not load again till the following year. My current run of hulls are all STS that I scrounged and they are on their 9th loading and ready to retire. So, over the last 9 years I have scrounged another 2700 STS hulls that I will load next year. It does not matter which hull you choose to accumulate although I feel the STS, Gun Club, and AA are the best. Gun Clubs are generally the easiest to find.

The point here is to simplify your reloading life by using one hull, finding a load that suits, buy the components in bulk to save few bucks. Same load and components all the time.

[Quigley97]

Gary,
All I load are STS and Gold Nitros all in 12 ga. Some I have loaded as many as 20 times. As long as they crimp they are good to go. When the folds start to crack and they get charcoal looking then I discard them.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Gary Laudermilch

I shoot about 2700 20's a year. I use only one brand of hulls and have enough to last a year. I load the 2700 in the winter when things are slow and do not load again till the following year. My current run of hulls are all STS that I scrounged and they are on their 9th loading and ready to retire. So, over the last 9 years I have scrounged another 2700 STS hulls that I will load next year. It does not matter which hull you choose to accumulate although I feel the STS, Gun Club, and AA are the best. Gun Clubs are generally the easiest to find.

The point here is to simplify your reloading life by using one hull, finding a load that suits, buy the components in bulk to save few bucks. Same load and components all the time.

In the 20 I’ve had good luck with the STS and AA’s and I’ll run them thru one after the other same components etc .