2 1/2" shotshells

[Dick Dastardly]

I've made a number of "Spin Doctors" on my wood lathe.  They are simply elongated cones made of a good hardwood.  Since the center is well marked by the lathe, I simply drill a hole there and put in a long screw and cut/grind off the head.  Then, I have a tool that I can chuck in my drill motor and recondition used hulls.  The reconditioned hulls load a mite easier and take a better roll crimp.

The best 12ga hulls to date have been the green Remington STS ones.  They take a great roll crimp, but they also get burned so bad that I can only load them once.

DD-DLoS

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

DD;  I havn't tried thhe STS forroll crimps, but I did try cut-down neck split cases with glued in O/S wads.  They burnt quite a bit.

So far the longest lasting shells are the paper!

[rickk]

So far, I have been getting 2-3 loads out of plastic and I toss them. The roll crimp is too squished down by then to load the fiber wad easily.  Maybe the "spin doctor" will extend the life a bit. Of course, like others have pointed out there is the burn barrel at the range that usually has a supply of "new" hulls.