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One of the members at the 16 gauge site stacks a penny and a quarter (I think that's right, but there is a thread on loading the DR16 wad that has the photo) underneath the round in the 600 Jr. when he loads shorts or you can buy the plate for $20 +/-. The easiest course is to load shorts and shoot them out of both guns. You won't suffer ballistically if you are content with 1 oz. and less. You can buy primed cheddites precut to 2.5" or DIY out of 2 3/4. The bigger issue is re-sizing the brass. If it is truly brass and not brass washed steel, the Jr. can be fitted with a re-sizing ring that is relatively cheap. But if you are going to re-size steel, you'll need the collet re-sizer.

I load both 2 1/2" and 2 3/4" 16 loads on the same MEC Sizemaster. The penny/quarter spacer works nicely with no adjustment needed (other than the powder bushing) between the sizes as I roll crimp my 2 1/2" loads.

I have several 16s and have found that the hulls do need to be resized at each loading.

Nothing wrong with a MEC Jr but my advice is to purchase a MEC Sizemaster. Much better setup in my opinion but it is your money I'm spending.

Mike

Sizemaster is the 600JR grown up
Wonderful machine
Mike

Thanks, all...I bought a Sizemaster from my LGS. I like the auto prime feature more than anything else.