morcey2
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So. I picked up a Lee Load-All 2 at my LGS a couple of weeks ago. I'm not saying that it's old, but it had a layer of dust on the box that completely obscured the printing and the free load manual that came in it was from 1995. Oh, and the first time I saw it on the shelf there was over 10 years ago and it was covered with dust even then. I offered them $20 to clear some shelf space and they took me up on it.
Enough back-story. After much research and pondering, I picked up everything I needed to load up some 7/8 and 1 oz loads. I have several buckets of remington gun-club, STS, and Win AA hulls. I found a 1 oz load that would work well in any of them, Win 209 primer + 18 grains of Red Dot + WAA12SL wad. I started with the gun club/sport load shells and loaded a box of them. After forgetting shot in one, crushing another in the pre-crimper because it caught the edge, and having one crimp look just nasty, I had a nice purty-lookin' box o' shells. Crimps look great, no crushed or buckled hulls. Move on the the STS and there were no casualties. Another even purtier box, because these were gold-colored shells.
Then comes the AA. I've got a couple boxes worth of various AA HS hulls, because I like the remington better. First hull buckles in the pre crimp. Unload the shot and set it aside. Second hull does the same thing. I start looking over things and come to a sad realization. I was using the wrong wad. I was using WAA12L (gray) instead of WAA12SL (pink) for the 1 oz loads. :banghead:
I've found a couple of sources online that list a WAA12L w/ a 1 oz load and 18 grains of red dot, so I think I'll be OK. The actual shot weight is actually .955 oz and the actual charge weight is just under 18 grains.
It's only about 50 shells and I can pull and reuse the shot and count the hulls as a loss, unless someone can point me to a good way to pull them down without damaging the hulls.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
Enough back-story. After much research and pondering, I picked up everything I needed to load up some 7/8 and 1 oz loads. I have several buckets of remington gun-club, STS, and Win AA hulls. I found a 1 oz load that would work well in any of them, Win 209 primer + 18 grains of Red Dot + WAA12SL wad. I started with the gun club/sport load shells and loaded a box of them. After forgetting shot in one, crushing another in the pre-crimper because it caught the edge, and having one crimp look just nasty, I had a nice purty-lookin' box o' shells. Crimps look great, no crushed or buckled hulls. Move on the the STS and there were no casualties. Another even purtier box, because these were gold-colored shells.
Then comes the AA. I've got a couple boxes worth of various AA HS hulls, because I like the remington better. First hull buckles in the pre crimp. Unload the shot and set it aside. Second hull does the same thing. I start looking over things and come to a sad realization. I was using the wrong wad. I was using WAA12L (gray) instead of WAA12SL (pink) for the 1 oz loads. :banghead:
I've found a couple of sources online that list a WAA12L w/ a 1 oz load and 18 grains of red dot, so I think I'll be OK. The actual shot weight is actually .955 oz and the actual charge weight is just under 18 grains.
It's only about 50 shells and I can pull and reuse the shot and count the hulls as a loss, unless someone can point me to a good way to pull them down without damaging the hulls.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt