Glad you got them back in circulation. They do make nice loads. I just received almost 1000 Win AA's and some other components from the mid 70's. They loaded great and the 40 year old Red Dot worked fine.
I'm starting to warm up to the new AA's. Still prefer Rem CF hulls. It seems that Winchester addressed the base wad issue and more shooters are trusting them. With the recent rumors about Rem getting out or trimming down their target ammo offerings reloaders might have turn more towards the AA's.
A quick note about the new and old AA's ; although manufactures data is the same the fit can be different. I loaded a few hundred CF hulls then switched to new ones. Using a DR XL1 wad fit was great in the old hulls, pretty tight in the new. The wad would also occasionally get hung up on the leading edge of the new hulls base wad. My understanding is the DRA series of wads address both these issues.
