Col. Cornelius Gilliam, SASS#5875TG

This is the exact load I now use, works very good.

The rim does have to sit somewhere, the problem is if that place moves deeper into the chamber due to funneling/grinding (removing the rim shelf), the head space increases and the firing pin can't engage the primer as deep, ie light hits on primer. I would never ask Stoeger (or any other manuf.) for a replacement of a funneled double barrel.

I like the Remington STS or Nitro hulls, but they are hard to come by in my area, so I reload them multiple times. I mark the base for each reload. I inspect each hull before loading and get between 2 to 5 reloads. I don't clean the hulls between use, and have had no shucking problems.

I use the Claybuster CB0175-12, 3/4oz wad published load data (link above in post #9) for my wife and son. Have tried both Red Dot and Clays data. Both worked great, but I'm using Red Dot since I have quite a bit. Red Dot is dirtier, but what does it matter for CAS. This summer my son actually ask me to bump up his load (minimum published Red Dot load). As he has gotten bigger, he how feels it is too light/wimpy.

I like Titegroup for plated or jacketed. It seems to burn too hot for cast bullets, causing some problems. However, Universal works great for cast lead bullets. I stock both.