Finally set up the drill press for roll crimping

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Keith Sirmans

Wow! I should have stopped by there and learned something instead of Jimmy's Hotdogs yesterday. Nice job man!

If you're talking about Albany thats about 45 mins from me, used to go up there when we would deliver quail. I definitely think there is a little bit of learning curve with roll crimping. From what I have noticed compared to problems other people have had. You want to have the shell in the vice where it will keep from spinning too much while crimping. However I have seen a issue other loaders have had where they had the shell in there too tight and it buckles the case or nawls up the mouth when the crimper bottoms out. With how I have mine the when the roll crimper bottoms out it will just spin the case and go no further.

[charlie cleveland]

I ve got a drill press but have never used it to roll crimp my 8 ga shells but I need too...my roll crimps are not as nice as yours....I get some good roll s from time to time with the hand drill but some times they don't look to good...bugs me when this happens...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I ve got a drill press but have never used it to roll crimp my 8 ga shells but I need too...my roll crimps are not as nice as yours....I get some good roll s from time to time with the hand drill but some times they don't look to good...bugs me when this happens...charlie

Charlie you could probably get one of those drill guides for your hand held and you would get more even roll crimps. I seen a guy on youtube use this mini table top drill press as well https://www.ebay.com/itm/39323292122...3ABFBMqub2gelf

[charlie cleveland]

you surprise me with your computer skills...it looks like a good thing...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

you surprise me with your computer skills...it looks like a good thing...charlie

Charlie computer work is what paid for my 6 frame 10 gauge haha.

[Stan Hillis]

Milton, I use a MEC Sizemaster to hold my shells on my drill press table. No slippage, and it does double duty!

SRH

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Milton, I use a MEC Sizemaster to hold my shells on my drill press table. No slippage, and it does double duty!

SRH

I dont have any sort of reloading press I am literally hand loading everything . I could fit all my loading tools in a small pouch well besides the drill press. If I was doing fold crimps I would get a press, I dont think anyone makes the hand held fold cimpers anymore.

[charlie cleveland]

I ve got some presses but mostly I load by hand the 8 ga and 3 1/2 inch 12 ga...I don't shoot as much as I use to....really like to load the odd stuff like round ball and buckshot in the 8 and 10 ga...killed lots of cans and paper targets with these loads...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I ve got some presses but mostly I load by hand the 8 ga and 3 1/2 inch 12 ga...I don't shoot as much as I use to....really like to load the odd stuff like round ball and buckshot in the 8 and 10 ga...killed lots of cans and paper targets with these loads...charlie

Im not sure if any of the shot sizes im loading would even feed through a press.
With the weight of the T and F shot it only takes about 3 scoops of my dipper to fill the shell anyhow.

Ive been surprised at how durable the nickel plating is on this BPI shot, I crushed one with some pliers and still non of the nickel came off.

[Stan Hillis]

It's not a press, Milton. It only resizes the case heads, and you can interchange collets for any gauge. I can do from 10 ga. down to .410. I actually bought it when I used to reload for a short 10. I never had a 10 ga. press and only used hand tools like you describe, except for the Sizemaster. I picked up 3" 10 ga. duck load hulls in blinds and would resize the heads in the Sizemaster, after shortening them to 2 7/8", for use in my LC Smith 10.

It's a valuable tool for someone that picks up used hulls. All presses will resize, but not all use a collet to do it. Collet resizing is absolutely effortless.