![]() It took me a bit of trial and error but I was able to just about match the factory Winchester AA low recoil/noise loads for my son. I just cannot remember the powder bushing i used. wads, with a 1 1/8OZ load of #8 shot with red dot powder. I load Winchester AA hulls, Claybuster 11118 WAA equl. I'd use it for cowboy, but I can't bring myself to cut down the barrel, and 16 ga ammo is not readily available.īig Boston, I am out of town working at the moment, when I return home i'll get you the load info. ![]() Some vintage 16 ga 2 9/16 shells for my 97. I was a youngster when paper shells were still available, and the smell of a freshly fired paper shotgun shell still brings a smile to my face. Ideally, I'd like it if someone would load Cowboy specific ammunition, in a paper case using fiber wads. I'd live to set up my Mec to load a Low Recoil equivalent, but to date, I've not found a recipe. So keep up what you are doing as shotgun hulls don't last as long as you 38 spl brass.Ī bit off topic, but still pertinent. I set up a older MEC 600 jr to match the winchester low recoil rounds for cowboy action and keep my MEC sizmaster set for our trap/skeet rounds. I have gallons upon gallons, as my son and I shoot trap and skeet along with Cowboy Action. ![]() Usually around 5 reloads they tend to start splitting. Generally, I load then until the crimps start splitting. I've seen at LGS for $12.95 for Win AA!!! Yikes! Small game and birds can be hunted with the smaller shot sizes such as 7, 7.5, 8 and 9, while deer-sized game can be hunted with larger shot such as 00 buck through 4 buck. Even if you started with todays prices you'd be about the same as factory but it's nice to have 'em when you want them instead of depending on when you can find them. Shotgun shells themselves come in many different varieties, and the different choices of shotgun ammo are what make it such a useful tool. Many of my components were bought before this big increase also, so my estimate is off too. The savings are there! plus I don't worry about not having shotgun shells I like when I want them. I now use a Mec 9000 ($450) and after selling the Sizemaster for $300 recently, it was paid for years ago. (100 boxes at 10-12 per month) even with the older prices of factory shells. Even when the LNLR were $7.87 at Wallys place I was saving about $3.įigure in the cost of the reloader (a Sizemaster at $280) I paid for it in less than year. Locally the LNLR are about $9 (when you can find them) so I am saving about $4 per box. I buy my shot from a local caster and it runs about $37/25 pounds, my primers were $40 per thousand and my powder (clays) was $140/8 pounds. I am using components purchased over the last five years so my costs are skewed compared to todays component prices. I figure I'm loading a box of 25 for around $5.00, maybe $6.00 and I can't find them for that price.
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