Roll crimping shotshells

krazy4krags

Howdy all,
I have been stuffing brass cartridges for more years than I care to count, but I have limited experience with 12 gauges. I had thoughts of casting my own slugs and roll crimping them, but found after some searching, indefinite results on roll crimpers for my Mec 600 jr. loader. Should I do it by hand with a drill motor and the crimper from midway international or is there one that attaches to the loader I have already?

Looking for experience as experience has taught me quite a bit.

Best Regards,
Hutch

charliemeyer007

I'm not aware of a roll crimper for your MEC. I have made and shot a lot of the Lyman sabot slug that loads in a regular star crimper just fine.

XXCross

Your best results will be with a roll crimp head that has three pins in it and it should be run on a DRILL PRESS at the lowest speed. You will also need a way to hold the case while the crimp is being rolled. Forget the hand drill stuff, they spin WAY too fast.

cbyerly

I use an original roll crimper. They are usually found in junk or antique shops and are usually quite reasonably priced. I have several and the quality runs from poor to excellent. These will work with plastic hulls as well as paper. By using these, you can custion load shells for the older shotguns with short chambers.

bambambam

Use a drill press.

You can make a block to hold the shell out of 2x4.

Make sure you set your stop for the arbor to get the same depth.