Bittertrigger Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Getting into Frontier Cartridge and have been ghosting the web sights and interrogating the guys at my club and got my loads all worked out, what to do with my brass and all, even shot a couple of matches. I'm afraid that I'm hooked, I have one question that I cannot find and forgot to ask at my club, About how many reloads can you get out of your hulls and do you drop them into your brass cleaning solution at the range Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I shoot both Smokeless and BP. I load smokeless 4 to 6 times . I load BP once out of my old smokeless hulls. Then scrap them . Welcome to the dark side . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel City Dude Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 BP shotgun hulls, use once and toss. They are cheap and easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 For me, I only load BP shotgun shells one time... then it's straight to the trash can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I reload then until they char / get rough around the outside of the mouth or the mouth splits. No idea how many times that takes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Plastic hulls. Once and toss. The heat makes the plastic hard and crunchy. So, even though they might look good enough for another load toss them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittertrigger Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thanks guys Silver Sam, Yusta Be and Sedalia Dave thank you for your help and the info you have given me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I just threw some 2,000 "trash" hulls away today. I have enough STS, Nitro, AA hulls to last me a long time. By then I will collect more. Plus I have 100 brass hulls. I loaded up 500 AA once fired hulls with smokeless in the last few days. I'll practice with these and reload them with black the next time. Then toss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Rick, SASS #49739L Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 One more vote for use 'em one and done. I really like Gun Clubs because they shuck well and are easy to come by. CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Tap Taylor Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I use gun clubs once then though away They are easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 The clubs I shoot at, most shoot factory loads and toss their hulls. So there are always far more hulls than the few black powder shooter can use - if you're not picky. At our club, one couple shoot factory STS and toss and another shoots AA Featherlites and toss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 You might get two if you use a rolled crimp. But, as others have stated, plenty for free and no shortage. Do look at rolled crimip as the wad heiight then becomes a moot point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Slim Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I used to toss my 12 ga hulls after one reloading. But now that I have started using Black MZ, the hulls that I've loaded twice look as new as before. I'm also now using 20ga Gun Clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jim Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 When I first started loading SG with BP, I would reuse the hulls and reload. After reloading, I would mark them with a black marker on the base so I would know how many times I reloaded each hull. I've had as many as six reloads, but usually because of hull condition, I would get a lot less. Now I have so many once fired hulls that I chuck them after shooting. The same with my smokeless rounds. Once fired, I chuck them. I usually collect more once fired hulls from other shooters than I shoot at each match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I load my 10 gauge 3-1/2 with brass shells. I load short tens for ten gaugers that want to try Holy Black. I also load a few for my Winchester Salute and sailboat race starting cannon. I do not reuse the plastic. In any case, I have no idea what the pards to whom I have given the short tens do with them. I use my cannon so seldom that it makes no sense to reload those shells. If I win the lottery and after I buy 500 more .50-140 3-1/4 Sharps cases, I will buy some brass salute cannon shells! Brass short ten shells are available commercially. My precious 8 gauge 4-1/4" are worth as much as a small cabin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) I dissagree just the tiniest with Larson E. Using APP, I can sometimes get 3 uses out of my hulls...and they were once shot to start with!!! AND many don't reload their shells...so we ask fir them at matches... Seldom fo we need to purchase hulls! Never have soaked them or run them through anything. Edited January 16, 2017 by singin' sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) There is a big difference in longevity depending on if you are using real BP or one of the subs. As others have said. You can usually collect all you need after a match. Just volunteer to pick up the discard buckets for each stage after a match. I collected 30 gallons of AA hulls this way in less than a year. Edited January 16, 2017 by Sedalia Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusta B. Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Bart, I get about 2 reloads out of STS hulls. 1 or 2 for AA's. The lower the powder charge, the fewer reloads. The hulls get burned on the outside from blow-by with light loads, so it's a trade-off. Yusta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cemetery Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Bart, I get about 2 reloads out of STS hulls. 1 or 2 for AA's. The lower the powder charge, the fewer reloads. The hulls get burned on the outside from blow-by with light loads, so it's a trade-off. Yusta I used full loads, guess this is why I get a few uses from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coconino Pistolero, SASS # 72432 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I got 2 sometimes 3 using either AA or Federal top gun without fiddling with the press. They get singed with real BP but as long as the crimp closes they are fine and shuck easy. I got a bushel of the Federal at our local range last summer so I am tossing them after one toasting now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Quick Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) I have to go with everyone else on this one - if you are using Holy Black, The One True Powder, then toss them after the first use. They can only bear up to the Heat, Strength and Love one time and thereafter are no longer worthy. Of course, you can get several uses out of them if you use a wannabe powder, but then it is much kinder in the long run to let them See the Light. Edited January 16, 2017 by JohnHenryQuick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mean gun mark Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I shoot both Smokeless and BP. I load smokeless 4 to 6 times . I load BP once out of my old smokeless hulls. Then scrap them . Welcome to the dark side . yep, same for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) I reload then until they char / get rough around the outside of the mouth or the mouth splits. No idea how many times that takes. My procedure as well and no I don't recommend washing them. I like the Nitro Gods and I mark the base for each reload. I have slick unsplit loaded shells with as many as 6 marks on the base. I shoot 50 grs of black with an ounce of shot and a pink wad. Edited January 16, 2017 by Noz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I shoot both Smokeless and BP. I load smokeless 4 to 6 times . I load BP once out of my old smokeless hulls. Then scrap them . Welcome to the dark side . What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancy Shot, SASS #67163 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 One more vote for use 'em one and done. I really like Gun Clubs because they shuck well and are easy to come by. CR I use gun clubs once then though away They are easy to find. Cowboy Rick and Double Tap have the right of it. I do the same. Chancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I shoot both Smokeless and BP. I load smokeless 4 to 6 times . I load BP once out of my old smokeless hulls. Then scrap them . Welcome to the dark side . What he said!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Cornelius Gilliam, SASS#5875TG Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittertrigger Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Man I want to thank everybody here, there is a large wealth of information that is freely given amongst us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I quit using plastic and use solid brass only. No problems at all now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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