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Having nothing to do yesterday I ran a 16 gauge brass hull partially into my MEC final crimp die to close the mouth to .670. Then, using a 1/8" thick piece of scrap leather as a cushioned base, a plastic mallet and the brass hull I popped out 100 discs from a .016" clear plastic supermarket takeout box.

I am going to pick up a 5/8" hollow punch and see how that works. The plastic discs will be about .015" smaller in diameter than the BPI but it should not make any difference. Thinking about using 3 plastic discs (.048) in place of the .042 BPI card.
More later. JF

Plastic milk cartons can be used as OSCs. What led you to begin using plastic for OSCs?

Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3178 Location: NCWa

I use the paper 1/2 gal milk cartons for 16ga shell boxes- they hold precisely 25 per layer, 3 layers- so a carton + a box gets you through a 100 shot clays course. I've found the plastic milk jugs get very brittle with age.

Why did I go to clear plastic? I noted that the 20 gauge reloads that I empty out of my hunting jacket all ended up in one ammo can, or two, and I never really know what size shot is in them.

So, I started making printed labels to stick on the cardboard overshot cards from BPI and that helped solve some of the problems.

Then I started roll crimping 16 gauge reloads and used the printed labels. One day I got a hair in my aXX that clear plastic osc would be really sexy so I went down that path. I like the clear plastic osc a lot. You can look at the shot and see exactly what is in the reload and segregate them by visual certainty.

The main reason for clear plastic osc is . . . no one else was doing it!!!

How do you carry the milk carton was you move from station to station on the clays course? Don't they get unwieldy? JF