Denning has one of those Hornady die sets that makes blanks

WB
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Sunday, November 22, 2020, 20:34 (2093 days ago)

crimped at the end like the old .22 RF birdshot. Does it but the brass or can the fired brass "crimps" be aligned and re-crimped a few times. I liked them for full cylinder length snake loads. I get by with a crimped gas check of smaller caliber. It takes some testing though. That gas check is deadly too, a little metal frisbee!

Denning's .500 Maximum snake loads looked boss!

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We used to load 45’s and 454’s with

MTM
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Sunday, November 22, 2020, 22:06 (2093 days ago) @ WB

A little lighter powder charge, put in a wad or gas check, add 100-150 grains of small lead shot, then crimp on a 160 grain 45acp Bullet. Great for snakes. The light Bullet goes straight, the shot swirls wildly, but effective at 10’ and under. The gas check always seemed to hit at 7 o’clock.
I always carried one or two to fire first, then 4 ( or 3, in a 5 shot) full 300 grain loads. If you need to advance it, lift the loading gate, rotate two chambers and shoot

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those crimped 22 shotshells will really screw up your

gary reeder
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Sunday, November 22, 2020, 22:36 (2093 days ago) @ WB

chamber when they open up with force. I would imagine the large caliber snakeloads would do even more damage.

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Most don't know that now those .22 RF crimped loads

WB
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Sunday, November 22, 2020, 22:58 (2093 days ago) @ gary reeder

are about 50 cents each! The prices have gone nuts, I guess they are quite rare now. Buy a brick if you see them cheap!! The soft brass cases were actually longer than a .22 LR loaded Ctg. when fully opened. They did tend to hand up in a chamber some since they could open up in the throat, depending on the gun.

These are custom dies that make a like crimp in the brass case (making it actually shorter) and holding in the blank powder (actually shot in this instance). Being soft brass and opening in the chamber throat with our custom full cylinder length shells they do no actual harm in the revolver.

Denning is the only nut I've ever seen with some loaded examples. lol They looked really cool. Hornady makes the die set which is a "universal" caliber tool. I just wondered if folding the brass like that cut it where the petals were folded. You cold cut the case back to useful regular ctg. length but if it was a one shot case for shot loads I'd sure not bother.

*Remember these are actually for making "Blank" cartridges.
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