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loading one shell?
Apr 25th, 2008 at 6:52pm
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How many here go to the range with loose powder,bullet,primers,etc.
and load a single shell,fire it ,then do it again the old timey way?
For my lazy self it does take one variable out of the equation.
A variation on the theme is to load up 5 shells/shoot,etc.
and by etc I mean relax,BS,burn a good stogie,see what everyone else brought Grin
  
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Reply #1 - Apr 25th, 2008 at 11:19pm
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Loading one shell at a time is to me, the most enjoyable way to shoot a match.  Ya just cant get in a hurry.  Whats the sense anyway. 
I preload my .32 miller short cases.  Its no fun, but what are ya gonna do when the top shooters are machine gunnin um into the 25 ring.  Wink


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Reply #2 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 5:50am
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Single case.

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Reply #3 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 6:33am
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me too.
you would be sprised how fast you can load and shoot when you have been doing it a while.
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Reply #4 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 8:29am
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I'm with my Western brother, Joe.  When I am shooting my my high-wall offhand (.32-40, of course) I almost always follow the one shell regimen.  Wink  OTOH, with my Peregrine bench gun, I like to preload those little .32/.357 cases so that when conditions are right I can get my shots off ASAP.  Roll Eyes  I regard these as two different games that are coincidentally being played at the same time and on the same range.  Cool

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Reply #5 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 9:36am
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I'm a one shell shooter to when it comes to SS shooting.

  I find this very handy when working loads up as you don't have a bunch of cartridges to shoot down if a particular load you're working on doesn't pan out. You can bring along several different primers, powders and bullets to try out to.

  When match shooting, as the day progresses, conditions sometimes change to the point that a slight change in powder charge brings a gun that's gone "sour" back to shooting well.

  Then of course I think most of the people shooting the old original SS's have found breech seating is more accurate than fixed ammo.

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Reply #6 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 10:41am
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Never tried shooting with just one case.  It's wet & windy much of the time.  Do you always bring the powder measure?  Do you use a scale?  Or do you use pre-measured loads?  You could bring them from home in other cartridge cases.
  
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Reply #7 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 11:42am
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Ive seen those little vials to hold premeasured powder,otherwise I just use an RCBS little dandy powder measure.
Using their chart and a manual,you can find one rotor handles a few powders,for example:
rotor#26 will drop 18.0/4759,24.0/5744,and 2 spins yeild 16.0/trail boss.
Some large stick powder wont cut/feed but I use short stick or flakes/ball.sometimes you get bridging and a tap on the knob send it thru.meacham re/decapper-lee hand primer does the rest.
  
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Reply #8 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 3:03pm
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Hi All !!!!

Yep, I too enjoy loading at the line (straight shells only) and usually only take five shells with me.. Also enjoy collecting old loading tools to do the line work as well.. A work in process when explaining their function to those outside of our hobby..

The picture is of an original Franklin Arsenal De/Re-Capping tool used in the service of the Trapdoor and other forty-five-caliber ammo. A key tool in the Arsenal reloading kit supplied to the Frontier for some poor soul to while away his time. (please disregard the 38 revolver as the photo was used for another topic)..

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Sorry, the photo was too many Kb;s to post.. If your interested, I'll send you an e-mail pic...
  
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Reply #9 - Apr 27th, 2008 at 8:44pm
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I'm only familiar with what goes on at Etna Green matches but in the center fire matches there I'd estimate that most use a single case.  If you walk the shooting line and look at the shooting setups almost all of the benches will be equipped with boxes of bullets,  a re/de capper, primers, and a bench mounted powder measure of some sort.  I imagine most of the guys have a couple extra cases in their bench box, "just in case"  A few might have a dozen or so preloaded cases just in case they need to quickly take advantage of a specific condition or if time is running short in a relay specific match

With out doing a survey I'd bet that most of the guys shooting the older style long cased cartridges are loading a single case as they shoot. the slow deliberate pace seems to be part of the charm of the game. 
It seems like with the newer short cases, 32 miller and various sawed off 30-30s etc I see more loading blocks with larger batches of pre-loaded case with the case mouths sealed with foam or cork.
  

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Reply #10 - Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:32am
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When I started shooting a smaller case (32X357 Dell) I made up a bunch of cases and took them on preloaded to the range for matches. I found that the rifle shot a little off. When I reloaded the cases at the range accuracy came back some, but my best accuracy was with using 1 shell. My theory on the preloaded that I carried to the range was that the powder setteled on the trip having an adverse effect on accuracy. I can think of no other variable that explaines the effect. 

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Reply #11 - Apr 28th, 2008 at 10:16am
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I take primed cases to the bench, and charge powder on the spot.  Saves the time of decapping/priming and still allows me the opportunity to tweak the charge for conditions.

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Reply #12 - Apr 30th, 2008 at 3:48pm
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One year, I decided to reload one hull @ the range. Got the idea from a reprint of  an old Sharps’ catalogue claiming  the Sharps’ cartridges could be reloaded 500 times.

Well after 538 reloads -- mostly BP, a few Duplex & White powder, the case started a split @ the neck. I can’t t recall how many times I annealed it & the primer pocket was getting “loose”.

The .45- 2.4” case was fabricated from the old HDS .45 Basic Brass.

Guess I got my money worth out of it.

I had numerous plastic vials w/ screw on caps which held pre-measured charges. De- & re-capped w/ a Pope tool clone & used a brush on a wooden handle to clean out the BP fouling. A 14-18" drop tube was mounted to a C-clamp w/ a hose clamp. 

It was an interesting way to shoot, but it was easy to lose the conditions when the wind or light changed...
  

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Reply #13 - Apr 30th, 2008 at 3:59pm
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With one cartridge case, Pope style de&re capper & Micrometer adjustable measure clamped to the bench I shoot in a nice easy rhythm with plenty of time for offhand matches. Charging at the range lets me adjust the powder charge as the day progresses.  Smokless powder I don't use wads which cuts the number of steps, generally have bullets pre lubed but sometimes will lube at the shooting bench with one of Singleshots Pope/Dell lube pumps.  The time between shots can be very short once you get the routine down, however that pause is an advantage and leads to good shooting. Pace and routine are key elemients in offhand shooting

Smokeless loads carry 5 or 6 cases with me in case one gets dropped stepped on or something goes wrong with it.  When shooting black powder use the same routine except will add a wad on top of the powder using a hand wad seater. With black take 10 cases to the range for a 100 shot match. The get dirty and it's easier to switch out the case than stop and clean.

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Re: loading one shell?
Reply #14 - May 8th, 2008 at 11:43pm
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nice. Smiley
  
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