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I am using a MEC 600 Jr loading Cheddite hulls in 16 ga. My six point crimps are completely closed, but have no depth. What adjustment can I make to get about a dimes width of depth in my crimp? I have not figured out how to load images.

The load is 1 ounce using a ballistic products commander sporting wad.
Thanks!
Randy

I have had this issue as well. I found that using an overshot card added enough height to get a proper crimp. If adjusting the final crimp down a bit causes the crimp to, basically, go down into the shell the load is allowing to much space above the it to get a proper crimp. I have also switched to a heavier load (shot wise) and wads that a a bit taller.

Just my experience....

WBLDon

The 600 Jr. is a solid unit. I'm in the process of converting my 20 ga. Jr. to handle two inch 12's. I've swapped out dies and the only thing left to do is figure out spacers for wad seating, pre-crimping and final crimping as the throw is limited in movement. De-priming, priming, powder and shot drops will be done by other means than with the MEC. My use of the 2" 12 is not high volume shooting so speed of reloading is not a problem. Cut down plastic hulls are difficult to roll crimp with vintage RTO compared with smaller gauges, at least for me. Paper hulls are easier to roll crimp. For 28 ga. and 16 2.5", I use a Ponsness Warren 375C which is single stage, but easy to use with built in full length resizing. Gil