Does anyone here make their own overshot cards? I'm trying to find out what to use to make the cutouts besides scissors.
Making overshot cards?
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Hole punch. Save the hole.
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You use a punch. Here are two. One is held in the hand and the other mounted in a reloading press.
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Either buy them ready made(ballistic prod),or try the black powder suppliers like Buffalo Shooting supply for a wad punch.
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I use an apple corer to make spacers out of foam meat trays for 7/8 oz loads. It punches out a disk the same size as a 20ga wad. It costs less than 10 bucks.
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1/2 inch hole punch works for 28 ga, 20 ga and 12 ga. eBay:
PAPER PUNCH CIRCLE Puncher 1/2 inch EK Success Tools Round Hole 15586950748 | eBay
PAPER PUNCH CIRCLE Puncher 1/2 inch EK Success Tools Round Hole 15586950748 | eBay
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Stove bolt through the primer pocket.
I chuck it up and give it a quick spin against the side of a grinding wheel to sharpen.
This one is 28 gauge brass to cut overshot cards for 20 gauge shells.
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Ingenious!
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Hi Joe, bye Joe.
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It's original purpose was to keep the shot from falling out when roll crimping was the industry standard. Some people use them to help correct stack height in modern shells.
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I have made my own out of different sizes of copper pipe and sharpen it on a belt sander or a piece of conduit sharpened. I use foam meat trays or shot shell boxes.
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Love this! I was just cutting cardboard pieces to cover just the top of the shot stack...
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That little tool of mine works great. I watched some diy YouTube videos to come up with it.
I don’t use it anymore, or the 20 ga. roll crimper I bought because I don’t fret over short shells for my old Ithaca Flues anymore.
Now I load ordinary AA 20 with 3/4 ounce of shot and just enough powder to reach 1150fps.
The pressure rise is only 500 psi even with factory ammo. I believe the reduced payload keeps my gun safe to shoot.
My 20 gauge empties don’t measure up to 2 3/4” anyway.
I don’t use it anymore, or the 20 ga. roll crimper I bought because I don’t fret over short shells for my old Ithaca Flues anymore.
Now I load ordinary AA 20 with 3/4 ounce of shot and just enough powder to reach 1150fps.
The pressure rise is only 500 psi even with factory ammo. I believe the reduced payload keeps my gun safe to shoot.
My 20 gauge empties don’t measure up to 2 3/4” anyway.
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