Which 3" hull for reloading steel?

[woodcock1]

Im looking into reloading some 3" 12g shotgun carts in steel similar to (or better than) Gamebore mammoth 36gm 3's. Was wondering what hulls/empties you guys are using and where could I get some? I've placed an ad in the wanted section. A hundred would last me the whole season but If I even had some to get started with. Im also looking a reloading press (ad also placed) but if I cant get one second hand I'll get a Lee Loadall 2 if its suitable?

[Floating Chamber]

The bushes for a Lee LoadAll will not hold enough steel for a 3" shell.

[edenman]

The bushes for a Lee LoadAll will not hold enough steel for a 3" shell.

 

 

You are better off weighing the powder and shot by hand when loading steel. The lee loadall is ok to start off with,it will deprime/prime/resize and crimp

[woodcock1]

Would I be better putting more money into one of the MEC type say 600 mk5 or steelmaster or what about RCBS mini grandMy link

Edited December 30, 2011 by woodcock1

[Guest cookoff013]

i am giving the recomendation of cheddite 3" / fiocchi 3" or similar.

 

never go for the b&p hulls. i purchased them and had to roll turn them. the gordon recoil system is quite fat and takes up alot of space.

steel shells are ever more sensitive to space uptake, because alliant steel isnt very dense and steel isnt either. so fitting a normal 3" components in a 3"b&p hull is an issue.

so avoid.

 

steel and speed steel need excellent crimps of 0.55" ish.

 

places to get them would be clay and game, peterlawman, and siarm. if you buy a silly ammount, de prime them and sell the rest. you can send the new hulls in the post without primers.

[UK fowler]

Im looking into reloading some 3" 12g shotgun carts in steel similar to (or better than) Gamebore mammoth 36gm 3's. Was wondering what hulls/empties you guys are using and where could I get some? I've placed an ad in the wanted section. A hundred would last me the whole season but If I even had some to get started with. Im also looking a reloading press (ad also placed) but if I cant get one second hand I'll get a Lee Loadall 2 if its suitable?

if you are only going to use a low volume of shells stick to a roll turn over finish and forget about a six star crimp very few people can get good neat finish on a new case you can get 37grams of shot in a 3"rto with a lot of speed (and recoil) and if you think reloading is for you then you can spend on a press and resize the cases you have saved and reload them keep your reloading simple to many people get bogged down with to much info

 

Happy new year UK

Edited December 31, 2011 by UK fowler

[coyotemaster]

Ballistic Products (US) sells all types of used hulls for steel and some new as well. I like Remington T6, Federal, Fiocchi in that order.

If you are loading large steel shot / BB or larger, use an empty primer tray with an adequete number of holes taped off for pellet count-- most times you will find 2 pellets will fit to each space, simply scoop the shot, rattle of the excess and dump into the case already charged and wadded then crimp. This works much faster if you have a single stage press that allows the casing to be removed and replaced. Most machines will bridge large shot in the drop tubes (especially BBB and Ts)