aister Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 can any of the spent shells at the local clay pigeon ground be used in reloading recipes inplace of winchester aa hulls. i can get express, gamebore, clever and eley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 There are two types of case. Compression Formed which is what Winchesters were and Parallel Tube which is pretty much everything you are likely to find now. The difference is that PT have a seperate plastic basewad inside the case and CF types are one piece inside. CF types generate more pressure and need less powder but are rarely found now. We just use PT cases with PT data now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 thanks for that, in the same book i have it has recipes for remington sts or nitro 27 and gun club plastic shells, are those parallel tubes and can i use the shells i said about before? are there types and makes that will be better over others i.e express over clever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 thanks for that, in the same book i have it has recipes for remington sts or nitro 27 and gun club plastic shells, are those parallel tubes and can i use the shells i said about before? are there types and makes that will be better over others i.e express over clever? Just get some european data for what you want to load, using PT shells then pick up the ones you find crimp the best. I prefer Hull Pro One's that I find in DTL stand bins. What are you looking to shoot and what components do you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 There are two types of case. Compression Formed which is what Winchesters were and Parallel Tube which is pretty much everything you are likely to find now. The difference is that PT have a seperate plastic basewad inside the case and CF types are one piece inside. CF types generate more pressure and need less powder but are rarely found now. We just use PT cases with PT data now. +1 sits spot on ! you can get cheap hulls that thin upon first firing. if you hold them up to the light, you can see where the powder burn was. most european hulls reload once or twice, then chuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 i want three loads, 32g no4, 36g no4 and 50g bb,s all for wildfowling. i am very limited to components as i live in shetland and there is only one dealer that has any components and he doesn't have much. the recipes i am looking at are from the hodgdon data manual and i was thinking about hodgdon longshot or hs-6 for powder and whatever primers he has i think he will have cci 209m and win 209. the only place i can find the wads that are in the recipes is midway usa. this is all very new to me and i am just getting started any info or help i can get will be gratefully recieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 You may be better buying in some components from the mainland or elsewhere. Siarm are very good for all but powders and Peter Lawman sells and ships Vectan A1 and A0 at £34 kilo which would cover what you want economically. A0 would probably do them all at a push. Trying to sort a load out from unsuitable components is a grim task, you'd be better to decide what you want and order it in. It's actually really easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 can i have powder sent through the post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 can i have powder sent through the post? Yes, powder and primers can be sent if the RFD wants to, but it usually involves a hazmat charge of something like £15, although Siarm never seem to charge any extra for their primers Lawman will post either too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 thanks very much for that andy, i will have a look at that later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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