The Best Crimp For Our 12 Gauge Slug Reloads 

I have much to learn regarding reloading shotgun shells. While I have reloaded numerous pistol calibers, this is new to me. Not a better place to learn about this than FOrtune Cookie’s video! He is a remarkable teacher, very knowledgeable and clear to the point.

Thanks for showing the roll crimping process. This brought back memories of my dad reloading his own slugs. He smelted lead and cast slug molds and reloaded with hand rolled crimper from Herters

Hey Steve, you always are informative and make loading fun :-)

Think I'll load some this afternoon, great video!

You taught me how to roll crimp several years ago. I use it on my shot hunting loads also

As always great video thank you for your time I have learned about water glass for the first time.. I would like to know the slug and wad type your are showing in this video in the ko hulls.

I have been looking for a good reason to buy a drill press for a long while, thanks!

Thanks Steve for the info I appreciate it ima try to reload slugs on my hornardy 366 but I’ll finish the rounds with the roller crimp

Other than the aesthetics I had never been sold on the utility of a roll crimp. Mostly going on the basis of standard deviation numbers and extra time. The people weren't getting better groups with them and they took more effort I did not see the point. However you've introduced me to one concept that I had missed. Viz. That the water and shot column height becomes irrelevant or nearly so. That is significant. I'll put one more note though. Delete and the alignment foster slugs have a completely round nose. Virtually every commercial foster slug has some form of rifling. That is either annular or linear or very slightly spiraled. In each of these that I've ever seen they form a shoulder at the edge of the meplat. This gives a solid surface for the edge of the roll crimp to bottom out against.

Thank you for this vidio sir very interesting use to reload forshot guns when I wasa kid never did slugs so amazing do you do any brass cases ifso are you going tocoveritinavidio sir have a great week

what a great video. I have been kicking around the idea of loading some black powder round ball loads in 12 gauge for fun. not sure if I should go with a lubed cushion wad, ball, then a card wad to hold it in place or powder then a patched round ball and card wad. not sure if it is worth it to get the height right for crimping or just cut and glue the card wad in place. thank you for all the information you put out there.

I love roll crimped buckshot too, and using clear plastic soda bottle the shot is apparent.

Thanks for the video

What is the seater ram attachment for the top of the press? If you mentioned it I didn’t get the name. Good video and thanks again.

I have been following your channel now for about 4 or 5 months now. I"ve purchased some FIOCCI primed shell cases from BPI and also got a crimper and hull wise from The Reloader's Network. I also bought a drill press from Harbor Freight for around $65 delivered. My very first 5 shells came out great with nice crimps. The only issue is that I think my scale may have slipped and one of the five shells may have 40 grains of HERCO instead of 30. I'm inclined to open them all and remeasure. Thanks so much for all your help.

I find shells that are 2" or longer loaded function in my Mossberg pump.

With a drill press and a nut driver in the chuck I set my slugs to equal height- the drill is not running and I set the quill stop for repeatability , it’s just used as a press. The more things we make equal in our reloading the more consistent our slugs will group.

Question have you shot those and the hydrant slug in a smooth bore

Question if you will, I notice you powder coat a lot of different bullets, the last couple years I coat everything from 303 Brit, 45-70, 45 colt, shotgun slugs and even buckshot.... do you happen to know or, ever seen a harness test done on powder coating with cast lead or what it equivalent in brinell might be ?

It is a very good roll crimp tool. Thanks for the video FortuneCookie45LC

Sodium silicate was also used before refrigeration to preserve eggs. Applied to the surface of the shell of farm laid eggs

Steve - do you think hulls that are roll crimped will last as long as hulls that are star crimped? I can get up to 7 or more reloads with my Nitro 27 hulls using regular 8 point star crimps, then the hull material starts splitting at the folds.

Will choosing a roll crimp allow "better" for various shot hights

Maybe a lesser known fact, water glass was/is also used to preserve eggs on the frontier.

Steve, are you using a travel-stop on the drill press, or have you learned "the feel"?

Do you think a roll crimp yields to the slug more easily than a fold crimp? Does a roll crimp generate less chamber pressure than a fold?

I have casted the Zveroboy in 20 gauge. Can anyone please tell me data using Longshot powder? I can’t find it anywhere. Including my manuals

what wads are you using?

What rpm do you use for the roll crimp?

Is high brass required fo slugs?

Good video Steve. I have a roll crimper however I don't use it anymore. It's faster and easier fold crimping my slug loads on the Lee Load All press. I have read that there is a slight difference in pressure between the two methods with the roll crimp being a lower pressure round.

Hi. Sorry my poor english. Whats the name of that device at 6:38 that holds the cartridge at the botton? So you can roll crimp without the cartridge roll together as the drill spin.

Why not use a nitro card under the slug to bring it up in the hull?

Were those hulls previouslyf old crimped? Thank you.

What`s the weight of the slug ???

I didn't know that there were 6 and 8 point crimps on our shells. AlI I did was reload mine all these years , oh well....hmmmm. That's pretty cool about the roll crimping on the drill press for slugs, never done that before, wow. Take Care.

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what screws are you using and how much are you spending on screws?

When you make a slug with that deep of a roll crimp, you shouldn't use it in a mag-fed shotgun. The rounds will compress under the spring force, making them oblong on the tip, causing them not to feed.

Why don't you ever show yourself reloading?

Sorry Steve; gotta "call you out". I have always very much enjoyed your great videos. But your constant "plugging" of the Reloaders Network sales is really getting old. I know you're personally invested with them, but over doing the promotion of them takes away from the professionalism of your videos. Sorry, just my opinion...