Brian,
I am doing something similar to what you have done. A buddy of mine gave me a 5 gallon bucket full of reloaded shot shells, has to be over 500 shells, that he was given. The guy that did the loading had died; however he had alzheimers, so no guarantee if there is powder in all of the shells or how much. They are once loaded 12 ga AA compression formed shells. They are supposed to be loaded 1-1/8 oz 8 shot with 19 grains of Red Dot, with Winchester AA wads and Winchester primers. What I am doing is drilling the hole (like you did) with a 3/8 hole drill in the crimp, dumping the shot, opening the crimp further, pulling the wad, then dumping the powder in a different container (making sure it is Red Dot). Then setting up my press to load 17 grains of RD, use a different wad, after dropping 7/8 oz shot I put an over shot card on top of the shot then crimp the shell closed. It ends up similar to what you have done but with no super glue.
When I'm loading short shells normally, I use my band saw to trim the hulls to a shorter length and then finish the way described.
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