Re-loading 28g cartridges

[Meece 1,957]

What do you call  astronomical.? 

[Meece 1,957]

What do you call  astronomical.?  I suppose that's one of the penalties of living in a remote place and doing something that is of minority interest.

[philpot 4,927]

I bought a couple of boxes of Eley VIP 28g just before Xmas at £8 per box and whilst they are lovely cartridges, this is going to get very expensive. I am hoping my pal does decide to take this route so reloading will be a shared cost and not whalop my pension too much. For the time being, I am going to keep buying a few boxes each time I go in the shop building up a stock and also used hulls for loading later. The VIPs are a 6 star crimp which I must admit I really like and thought they would make for better reloading than rolled turnover, actually just thinking about it, I need to look if the loaders have the option of star crimps in 28g.

Phil

[Sausagedog 7,381]

On 29/01/2021 at 10:28, philpot said:

I bought a couple of boxes of Eley VIP 28g just before Xmas at £8 per box and whilst they are lovely cartridges, this is going to get very expensive. I am hoping my pal does decide to take this route so reloading will be a shared cost and not whalop my pension too much. For the time being, I am going to keep buying a few boxes each time I go in the shop building up a stock and also used hulls for loading later. The VIPs are a 6 star crimp which I must admit I really like and thought they would make for better reloading than rolled turnover, actually just thinking about it, I need to look if the loaders have the option of star crimps in 28g.

Phil

Phill. You could have a sizer turned on a lathe. The dimensions are readily available on the net.

You only need a drift to punch the spent cap out and some suitable steel tube to tap the case down on the new primer.

Powder, wads and shot and a roll crimper.

[philpot 4,927]

I did look at the Lee Loadall but they don't it in 28g and £300 for a MEC junior