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10-31-2014, 01:25 PM
AA will last longer than some, and all hulls fail, but they fail in different ways. Federal Target get loose primer pockets after 4 reloads making them unusable. Red AA will go 6 reloadings and the crimp will fail, but there is also the once in a while base wad separation which gives you a hint with a budged base. Gray AA split in the middle of the hull body, or split below the fold line in the crimp end. Remington STS pretty much the same as Red AA but last one or two reloadings longer. Estate load nicely until the 5th or so and then they loose rigidity at the end to stay concentric and wont feed well in anything but a hinge action. Winchester target hulls are not a good as AA but they work pretty well, for the lower cost, its not a bad deal. When you want to take the big step up, go with Fiocchi, better than AA in all aspects and you can shoot high efficiency wads in them like PT12xx series from Schoeller-Plast and the HCD wads from Baschierie & Pellagri. These wads seal the bore better and don't collapse in the hull. The result is less felt recoil for the same velocity and less powder under the wad because all the gas pushes the shot without any escaping. Ballistic Products is a good place to look all this over.