On the RMC, not if I don't switch guns. I find that on an old German Guild 16ga BLNE the chambers are more narrowly cut than my Belgian SLE. That is also true for my Greener BLE vs the Belgian SLE (the Greener appears to be ever so slightly tapered and the fired shell from my Belgian gun hangs a bit before fully chambering). So when shooting the same shell I had previously fired in the Belgian gun the answer is yes.
For resizing I use an old Thalman press and die. Eventually I will get an RCBS 16 ga die, but have not gotten to it yet. One of the reasons I do not worry it much is first I rarely shoot a 16ga other than the Belgian SLE. Secondly, I have 80 RMC Shells and keep thirty (actually stamped Greener 16) set aside for it only. On the Belgian SLE I do not have to resize the shells between firings as they are basically fireformed to the chamber.
Ordering the shells stamped for the gun makes it easy. (probably over-kill - I do note that the old RMC management did a better job headstamping the shells than the current outfit does, though both are acceptable)
Between firing I prep the RMC cases by puching the spent primer, putting them in a vibrating cleaner with boiling hot cleaning solution, then scrubbing them inside with an old chamber brush, then back into a boiling hot vibrating cleaner with cleaning solution, I rinse them in hot tap water (rinsing is to ensure any cleaning salts from the vibrating cleaner are removed to lower corrosion complication risks), wipe them down and shake any loose moisture, lastly I air dry them overnight before reloading (in a rush you can use a blow dryer). I have brasso shined them a few times but this is uneccessary.
Reloading the dirty shells can be done with minimum fuss without much issue. In South Dakota I have on one occasion skipped all cleaning save scrapping off the residual water-glass at the mouth of the shell and hand loaded from preset powder, wads, and shot set-up in some pharmacy pill bottles (I picked up fifty pill bottles from a friend at walgreen's that were the right size and I keep the wads (overshot card, wad, & overpowder card in zip lock bags precounted out for 25 loads). Reloading the RMC is very easy if you prep all the pieces, have the RMC. reloading Kit, and remember the small bottle of waterglass with an eye-dropper.
Though reloadable dirty, I would not recommend it as it offends my sense of order and I am not sure if the burnt residual in the shell would not affect the next load's performance.
On the MAGTECH, I assume the same story is true, but after using some twice I put the 100 or so I have on the shelf and they have remained there for several years unused. MAGTECHs are ok, but I prefer the RMC.
Last edited by old colonel; 04/11/14 08:18 AM. Reason: adding details
