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Offline 38MAN

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Steel Heads
« on: February 27, 2011, 10:15:40 AM »
I'm going to start loading my own shotshells. When I told a friend of mine my plan he gave me tons of hulls from his clay shooting. As best as I can tell most the hulls he gave me have a steel head. Can these hulls be reloaded? My plan to get started is to use a Lee Load All that I purchased. Can I count on any sucess with the Lee and the steel heads? Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Offline maddogg

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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 11:00:16 AM »
I reload only brass I do recall someone saying they reload the steel ones I don't know how long they last before they crack. If you can get tons of them I say load them a few times then s-can them and load a new batch.
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Offline rbwillnj

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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2011, 04:03:29 PM »
Most of what I reload (15,000 per year) are Gun Clubs, which are steal, even the brass colored ones are steel.  I have never had one crack.  The plastic goes before the steel.  Generally  4 or 5 reloads.

Of course I like the premium hulls when I can find them.
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Offline rem2035

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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 05:09:51 PM »
The Lee Loadall will work Ok with steel heads. I didn't really care for forcing the sizing collar over the steel case head with the plastic reloader, so I bought a MEC supersizer to resize first. Thought it might cause less stress on the reloader. The Lee didn't last long enough to try before a MEC Grabber came in to use.
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Offline gcrank1

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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 08:03:24 AM »
I rubbed a light finger/thumb film of case lube around the base on a couple last weekend. I am obviously not a volume loader!
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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 06:40:58 AM »
The load all will work fine on steel headed cases. 
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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 06:55:07 AM »
Just load them , Are threre any brass heads used ?
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Re: Steel Heads
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2011, 05:41:01 AM »
Remington STS Premier and Nitro, and Winchester AA still use brass heads.
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