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08-11-2010, 11:10 AM
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shotshell reloading help
What do I need to convert a mec 600jr 12 gauge reloader to 20 gauge? I just want to be able to load 7/8 oz #6 shells for squirrel since I can't seem to buy them within 500 miles of home anymore.
I have never done much shotshell reloading and every time I pull the press out I stand around scratching my head like a monkey doing a math problem. Thanks guys GoodOlBoy
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#2
08-11-2010, 11:37 AM
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A 20 gaa conversion kit for the press as well as a bar for loading 7/8 oz of shot. I was looking here and only found part of the kit..and a bar. Not a big deal. Used to be 20 bucks or so..probably 40 now. Check on ebay for Mec gauge conversion kits
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08-11-2010, 02:19 PM
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wow ok uhm Midway has them, but they run more than $70 for the kit without the bar. And I have to buy the bar, and I don't have any bushings, and I need new bottles. . . . . sheesh almost the price of a brand new press.
GoodOlBoy
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08-11-2010, 05:16 PM
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I put adjustable charge bars on mine. Cost alittle more up frount, but you can load any powder and charge or any shot charge without buying bushings. To bad your so far away, I would loan you one and give you enough cases to last you for several years. Personally though, I won`t use shot smaller than 5`s for squirrel.
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08-11-2010, 05:58 PM
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Let me look in the stuff down in the vault. Have a lot of boxes of stuff down there..5s for me for squirrels
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08-12-2010, 10:09 AM
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The only problem I have had with #5s for squirrel is that they are usually expensive and hard to come by down here (kinda like #6s now).
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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08-13-2010, 01:31 PM
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GOB,
I just buy a used MEC if I want to change gages. As long as it is not a rusted piece of junk, they can be had pretty cheap and the 20ga is very popular so they are easy to find. But, I myself do not reload for the 20 because around here they put 20s on sale before bird season or we go in together at the range and buy 100 plus flats to get free shipping off the net, plus 0 tax. I do load for the 410 and 28 because they cost so much as factory. Ed
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08-13-2010, 01:47 PM
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Yeah I think that is what I will do I noticed the kits were all for the 600 jr mark 5 and I think mine is probably a 2 or 3 (IE OLD)
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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