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Old February 20, 2010, 12:16 PM   #4
zippy13
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Greetings tedangus, and welcome aboard
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Couldn't I just make my trap or pheasant load a little on the light side to compensate for this?
As mentioned, lighter loads won't solve a mechanical no-fit. But, if you can make your loads lighter, then I presume you are a re-loader. If you can re-load light, then why not re-load short? Until you have your chamber length verified, just trim your hulls 1/8-inch and lower you crimp start and finish dies. Obviously, you'll want a wad with a shorter column.

Some of the super frugal shooters at my club will shoot their practice hulls until the crimps are almost burned off. They then cut off the crimp area, re-skive the hulls, lower the appropriate press dies, switch to shorter wads, and start kicking out shorties.

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