...Do any of you other guys use old stuff like this? I'm thinking I need new paper hulls because I'm not sure the once-fired ones will work in the roll crimper. They may, but I'm a rookie at this -in fact I've never hand-loaded in my life - so I don't know.
It just looks like it should be fun!
Talk about learning to swim by jumping in the deep end of the pool!
Good luck and have fun.
There's an old trick with paper hulls that's seldom mentioned these days. You can rejuvenate them by redistributing the wax. Place the empty hulls (brass down) on a cookie sheet and briefly bake them. The oven doesn't have to be very hot and it doesn't take too long. Watch them closely and you can tell when the wax is melted, and that's when they're done. This method will bring the turgor back to the crimp area and may allow a successful roll crimp in a once fired star crimped paper hull.