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I have loaded on the Lee Load all 2. It will produce functional shells, but is by no means optimal. Do check your powder charges with a scale and calibrate your own bushings. Keep in mind thrown charges will vary with different levels of agitation. Looks like you figured the crimping out on your trap shells. On your bad ones, looks like you maybe went a little heavy on both the start and finish crimp stations. On the Lee, it is all by feel, there is really no hard stop. You can adjust the shells up with some quarters or washers, but not down.
A short wad is no hazard with the ported barrel. You may eventually get some extra fouling in the ports, but with firing a few turkey loads, probably not a significant difference.
Definitely recommend one of the Ballistics product manuals for your specialty shells. You'll get on their mailing list also, and their paper catalogs are a good read.
Specific to your Rem Gun Club hulls. They are a very good hull, and on the low end of the volume scale. For trap loads, you're on the right track with a high density spherical powder. Others to consider are Titewad, WST and Extra Lite. Your WJ wad is a fair choice in these. The Rem Fig8 is good for 1 1/8 oz charges, and I like the WAA12 (1 1/8) and WAA12SL or claybuster equivalents for 1 oz loads. The Win style wads respond well to slight compression to achieve proper fill.
I have loaded on the Lee Load all 2. It will produce functional shells, but is by no means optimal. Do check your powder charges with a scale and calibrate your own bushings. Keep in mind thrown charges will vary with different levels of agitation. Looks like you figured the crimping out on your trap shells. On your bad ones, looks like you maybe went a little heavy on both the start and finish crimp stations. On the Lee, it is all by feel, there is really no hard stop. You can adjust the shells up with some quarters or washers, but not down.
A short wad is no hazard with the ported barrel. You may eventually get some extra fouling in the ports, but with firing a few turkey loads, probably not a significant difference.
Definitely recommend one of the Ballistics product manuals for your specialty shells. You'll get on their mailing list also, and their paper catalogs are a good read.
Specific to your Rem Gun Club hulls. They are a very good hull, and on the low end of the volume scale. For trap loads, you're on the right track with a high density spherical powder. Others to consider are Titewad, WST and Extra Lite. Your WJ wad is a fair choice in these. The Rem Fig8 is good for 1 1/8 oz charges, and I like the WAA12 (1 1/8) and WAA12SL or claybuster equivalents for 1 oz loads. The Win style wads respond well to slight compression to achieve proper fill.
