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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ RGL hull life |
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:06 am
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| Dave Erickson wrote: |
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big boys don't cry.....big boys don't cry.....big boys don't cry...
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They sure as hell do if they jams their thumb in the decapping station.  |
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:13 pm
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RGL hulls? We don't need no stinkin' RGL hulls!
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These are just the backup hulls. I've got about 2000 Fed and Cheditte hulls in use now.
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:08 pm
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Wow Dave! Old copper-headed 8-pointers! You don't see them much anymore. I can't remember - did those come originally with 209-size primers? The last of those black copper-heads I had were in 12 gauge.
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Yes, they are 209s. I didn't know for sure until this morning when I decided to load up 3 boxes of nickel 7's for my newly choke-opened Merkel. I came into a large stash of RGL's a couple summers ago. Must have about 4-500 or these, another 500+ green Express hulls, and a couple thousand older black 6-point hulls. Between The RGL's, a mountain of Federals, and a growing pile of Herters I think I'm set for life. 
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Maybe I can help simplify your life and take those antique 6-pointers off your hands. That way you'll have more room for Herter's or something more modern - RGL 6-pointers are so yesterday |
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Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:12 pm
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| 8-ponters my good man, 8-pointers. |
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Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:32 am
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| JNW wrote: |
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They do if they try to load RGLs on a progressive reloader.
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Filled 2 of these up on my Mec Grabber recently , no messin with hull months on 3-4 times fired hulls , with only maybe 1 out of 100 the wad will hag on the hull mouth , I can hear the click and remove it from the press . I can live with that and they crimp vault tight .
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Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:00 am
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| Look great! Glad you can make them work. |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 4:20 am
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Not certain this has been shared before, FWIW; I load a few RGL's for Trap & long range targets once in a while and found having a hairdryer running next to the bench and warming the hull mouth just a couple seconds before reloading makes loading the RGL's a breeze. No pre opening needed or hung up wads, good to go.
Also helps when trimming 2 3/4" Ched hulls down and setting new fold crimps, no crushed hull walls & perfect crimps. Finding after heating the first "new" fold crimp no needed heat next time. |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:35 am
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:03 am
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| That's funny right there. Thanks Mike. |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:13 am
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| I'll take ALL the RGL's anyone cares to send my way! I like 'em. |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:57 am
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:20 am
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| Hey Mikey , how's the trap and Sporting circuit going !!?? I keep picking on the Runnings and Wally in Canand. the Runnings people keep telling me they are controlled by an area unit that does the ordering/supplying and that they don't have any control !! I keep telling them I won't by anything till they start getting some inventory in . They start telling me of the absence of manufacturers , and then I reel off 10 and they just shrug ... Wally , I work on them the same way , and get the same story , HOWEVER ... lately there has been some Winnies and Remmies - not tons , but at least some !! I lay the safe act on them and walk away , but they seem to know I'm gonna buy something there ! |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:48 pm
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| $32.90 a flat, HOLY CRAP!! |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:01 pm
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| Glad you see merit in the technique, working well for me, good luck with it. |
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