Tamid the problem could be that the length of the brass is slightly oversize causing it to stick.

Brent these are 10 gauge 2 7/8". Naturally the one on the left is 6 crimp and has 1 1/4 oz. of shot. The other is as you can see 1 1/8 oz. shot. To properly crimp this load, 2-16 ga. .125 fibre wads were inserted in the shot cup to give the crimp you see. This was also done with a hand crimper.


I forgot how to resize the pictures in Imgur. Can't use Photobucket any more.

David