When did steel bases replace brass in shotshell hulls?I have read that Remington started to do this as early as 1970.I have checked with a magnet all the diff. shells I have on hand and the Win AA,s are the only ones that are brass.The shells I have are Win bulk,Rem bulk,and Fed bulk pack from Wally world.Rem Gun Club,Rem Express,Rem Sport,Fed Black Cloud,Win Super X,Fed,Rem,and Win turkey loads,and Rem Express buckshot and slugger loads.In other words all the shells I have are steel based except for the Win AA,s yet the Only loads that ever caused problems in my Express were the Win bulk and some Fiocchi #9 orange hulls.These were the least expensive shells that were shot and the only ones that caused extraction problems.
Since polishing the chamber on my Express I can shoot these or any shells chambered for my gun with no extraction problems.
I think it is not a problem with steel hulls,but a problem with the sizing of the steel base on the shells in question.My gun only had problems with about 25% of these cheap shells the other 3/4 of the box had no problems.
My gun had visible rings in the chamber that were not removed until I honed it with a Flexhone chamber polishing hone(I had used the 0000 steel wool method to polish and it worked but I was not happy until my chamber was all the way smooth).
I think that the problem is not with the material(steel) used for the bases but the poor quality control on the least expensive shells in conjunction with the lack of final polish in the chambers of some guns or the lack of using a chamber brush in others.
Any thoughts on this subject?
Since polishing the chamber on my Express I can shoot these or any shells chambered for my gun with no extraction problems.
I think it is not a problem with steel hulls,but a problem with the sizing of the steel base on the shells in question.My gun only had problems with about 25% of these cheap shells the other 3/4 of the box had no problems.
My gun had visible rings in the chamber that were not removed until I honed it with a Flexhone chamber polishing hone(I had used the 0000 steel wool method to polish and it worked but I was not happy until my chamber was all the way smooth).
I think that the problem is not with the material(steel) used for the bases but the poor quality control on the least expensive shells in conjunction with the lack of final polish in the chambers of some guns or the lack of using a chamber brush in others.
Any thoughts on this subject?