I have an issue with Win AAs, because they (new shells) cost 10 cents each more than some alternatives. To avoid supply worries you can explore other alternatives. This can be like when everyone likes the same powder, bullet, or primer. So in the event that I decide to reload 12 gauge, are there any particulars that I should be collecting? I save all my "hi brass" shells, is there a better method? I have a pretty good pile of the blue Peters hulls as well, and they are almost indestructible. The Remington Gun Club are cheap hulls that many leave on the ground at the trap and skeet ranges, but they reload surprisingly well - I've never had any issues with them other than the "6 or 8" crimp pattern you mentioned. The older AA hulls are great as well, but the newer ones seem very problematic for me. I much prefer the Remington Nitro (gold) and Premier (green) hulls - they reload almost endlessly, and hold very good crimps. I've never had to modify one, and I've reloaded and shot literally thousands of reloaded Remington hulls with Winchester primers installed. I agree, with the small exception that I have never had a problem seating Winchester primers or firing Remington shells with Winchester primers.
If you reload them and don't use Remington primers, you'll need to drill out a tiny bit of extra plastic at the top of the primer hole with a #1 drill bit otherwise you'll have a tough time seating a Winchester or Federal primer because the Rem primers are tapered at the top and the other primers are straight. Hope you're doing OK with the fire up there. Gun Club, black, Nitro, they all use the same load data and are good for many reloads. High base/Low base makes no difference nowadays. The steel is a very mild steel and will resize just fine. Many "brass" bases are just brass washed steel bases. Many also have a paper base so don't pick them up unless you've shot them yourself or saw them shot because if the paper base gets wet, it can fall out on a reload and block the barrel. Fine for shooting new, worthless for reloading.įederal Hulls have considerably more volume in them which make them good for heavy loads but use more powder than Rem and Win hulls for high volume target shooting. These are the Universal and Super X hulls. Other Winchester hulls have the same volume as AA's but are usually junk with very thin walls. Winchester AA's are coveted and are good hulls for reloading but the internal volume is smaller. The wall thickness is good and it holds a crimp well. The only real difference is that some hunting loads have a six fold crimp rather than the 8 fold crimp. Actually all Remington hulls have the same internal volume so the load data is the same which makes it a great hull for reloading.