Brass 12 ga

Oldman11 · August 07, 2018, 01:23:18 PM

Were can I get loaded brass 12 ga shotgun shells in different size shot?

Fingers McGee · August 07, 2018, 01:56:34 PM

As far as I know, you can't. I'd like to know myself if there was such a place.

Coffinmaker · August 07, 2018, 02:37:21 PM

I'm with Fingers. I only shoot All Brass 12Ga and the only source I know of is to load your own. I don't know of anyone, anywhere that load All Brass commercially.

Abilene · August 07, 2018, 04:29:39 PM

You might find some old unfired ducks unlimited shells. These were smokeless though and stout and had a tendency for some to split on first firing.

If you are not aware, there is a ton of info available on reloading these yourself without the need of a reloading press.

Fingers McGee · August 07, 2018, 10:37:28 PM

Quote from: Abilene on August 07, 2018, 04:29:39 PM
You might find some old unfired ducks unlimited shells. These were smokeless though and stout and had a tendency for some to split on first firing.

If you are not aware, there is a ton of info available on reloading these yourself without the need of a reloading press.

I've still got an unfired box of the DU brass shells. One of these days I'll sell them and make a fortune.

Jubal Starbuck · August 08, 2018, 05:25:10 AM

Fingers. I saw two boxes of DU shells on two different gun show tables recently; one was priced at $50 and the other was $100. I'd bet that the guy who had $100 on his still has them. I have a couple of them around here also; hoping to sell mine for two fortunes!
I've been loading my Magtechs with black powder for some years now without a hitch and I always shoot them in the same shotgun so I don't need to resize 'em. I haven't heard of any brass loaded shells for sale anywhere.

Regards,

Jubal Starbuck

Coffinmaker · August 08, 2018, 10:01:36 AM

Hi Jubal, Fingers, et all,

Just a couple of observations. All I shoot are All Brass. I found I had quite a few miss-fires seating the primers in MagTec on my drill press
or other means. Left the primers just a smidge high in the pocket. My only surrender to modern convention was to ick up a well priced surplus Lee Classic single stage and stick an RCBS die innit. The RCBS dies is primarily to de-prime and the Classic is to re-prime the brass and insure the primer seats all the way. Haven't had a fail to fire since.

The RCBS die also contains a resizing ring. To date, I have been shooting my Brass 12Ga in 5 different SxS guns and have yet to need to resize. Never felt the slightest resistance to brass running thru the press nor any problem chambering/shucking. I DO NOT put any form of crimp on the case mouth. None. Nada. I also don't try to run them thru a '97. ('97s ain't cowboy anyway). All Brass 12s are FUNER!!

Mogorilla · August 08, 2018, 10:36:21 AM

Well, I have two modern pumps in 12 and 20, so I have not tried to cycle brass through them. In my Cimmaron 1878, I shoot brass. Read a lot of bad about the Magtech, so I went ahead and saved a few more pennies and bought 10 shells from Rocky Mountain Cartridge LLC. One, I can't say anything but nice things about their service and as my brother-in-law said, "you going to leave me these in your will?" They are stout. Since there is only 10 for now, I reload by hand, learned by watching youtube and then synthesized my own version that I thought made more sense. Only tools I have are a dowel with a rounded off nail in it and a dowel with an extreme dished end, a powder measure and a plastic mallet. They are a whole lot of fun and I am seriously thinking of buying 10 more as it takes no time at all to empty 10. If I score a single shot 12 gauge, I will totally be ready for when SHTF.

Realized did not address original question. I looked high and low for preloaded versions. None to be found that are not antiques. The fact that I load the, means it is easy, so easy an ape can do it.