High brass vs. low brass shot shells

[tommy tornado]

So I am loading shotgun shells with slugs and currently have high brass shells.  I am using the lee 1 oz foster style slug traveling at around 1500 ft/per second.  I am curious if I can use low brass shells for this as well?  Thanks for any info/help.

[Bidah]

This is indeed a very good question.  I reload slugs (and shot) for my multi-gun stuff, and I use low brass for all of them.  I am loading mine around 1200 though.  I just don't want to get thumped that hard.

-Bidah

[wtr100]

I've been told that the high / low brass doesn't have so much to do with the function of the shell as to identification of the shells.

Funny story about shell I'd when I was a wee lad my friend and I hunted a lot of rabbits - now there were also a lot of ferral dogs and coydogs so we usually carried a couple #4 buck shot along with our #6 rabbit thumpers.  Anywayz a couple bunnies get up I blast one my buddy Flathead busts another.  Flathead is quicker on the reload than I - but his second shot goes BLAM! instead of boom.  He'd grabbed the wrong shell out of his vest an hit a bunny with a load of #4 buck.

 

[DonWorsham]

Interesting thread. Why do we have high brass and low brass? How do they differ?

[wtr100]

Interesting thread. Why do we have high brass and low brass? How do they differ?

ok looked it up on shotgun world - seems high brass is left over from paper shell days - seems with paper shells magnum loads would burn holes in the paper - its not needed in the plastic shell world but it's expected from hunting shells

[Sponsor]

[tommy tornado]

I am pushing them around 1,500 ft for hogs, deer, and zombies.  I just wasn't sure if it was a big deal or not. 

[sledgemeister]

I am pushing them around 1,500 ft for hogs, deer, and zombies.  I just wasn't sure if it was a big deal or not. 

The international Coalition for Undead and Necrotic Terminations reccomend only hiwall brass to be used on Zombies, it has something to do with ability of blood blowback and brain matter seeping in to exposed shells with low walls.

[Solus]

The international Coalition for Undead and Necrotic Terminations reccomend only hiwall brass to be used on Zombies, it has something to do with ability of blood blowback and brain matter seeping in to exposed shells with low walls.

There you have it.  The Death Knell for short wall shotgun brass. 

Sell what you have before word gets out. 

[tombogan03884]

Don and WTR100  made my comment unnecessary

[Bidah]

Hmm, we have grizz and zombies, so maybe I should get some high wall and load them up a bit faster   Thanks guys, I learned something.

-Bidah