Old Shells...

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I do believe I've got several boxes of Federal paper-hulled 12ga. *copper-6's* that I loaded back in the mid-70's for duck hunting. Think I'll dig them out.

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Fiocchi still makes a paper shotshell; it's stock number is 12FPH8. It's 3 dram equivalent with 1 1/8 oz. of #8 shot. I use it when I shoot trap. The paper shell just makes for a nice bit of nostalgia, and their performance is pretty good, too.
 
How about one with chart on the back with suggested shot sizes and chokes for various game.
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I have one of those old charts from Remington posted in my gun run room. Not a great work of art but does have a decent sized drawings of all the North American Game animals and the suggested sizes for each. Maybe I will take a picture of it next time I am home.
 
Found some interesting ones last Saturday while going through my dad's shop. Way back in a corner, on a top shelf, was a box labeled "hunting vests and shells". I brought it down and opened it. Inside were two hunting vests full of shells plus a bunch of loose shells.

One vest had 56 shell loops and no game pouch (dove hunting vest ;) ). The shells were 4's, 5's and 6's with a few buckshot thrown in, so that box held duck and goose loads and had been stored up there before the lead ban.

There were a mix of paper and plastic, but the interesting ones were some bright yellow 3" magnum sixes with a very shiny finish (lacquer?) and the headstamp "Imperial, Canada". These wouldn't have been my dad's shells, since he never owned a 3" gun. Probably belonged to my brother.

I can post a picture tonight if anybody's interested.
 
My father used to buy these Imperial shells from Canada in the late 50's because they were a little cheaper than other brands. Osco Drug in downtown Waterloo Iowa used to have them right next to the Kentucky Club pipe tobacco at the check out lane. Dad used to pick up a box of each. Maybe once a year I shoot one of them. The smell takes me back to 1959 again for a while. The shells were around $2 a box then and minimum wage was either $.75 or $1. Compare that to the ratio today. We complain a lot but is it really warranted?
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Well, they're more orange than yellow, I guess. There's a couple of Peters and one Winchester paper loads in one picture. I still have quite a few of these. I also have some old paper 3" Peters 4 buck loads I occasionally use on coyotes. They all still go bang.

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Found some Activ shells in the store room

But I'm not having any luck posting pics.:banghead:

My 1st venture into reloading was with a Lee Loader...the hammer-whacker kind...and paper hulls in 16 guage.
We'd go out in the Everglades and shoot 'em up,then get the equipment out of the trunk and load some more. :D
 
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Larry,

Thanks for posting those!

SASS#23149,
Would you get your butt in gear! - please *smile*

Activ shells are neat! I shot and reloaded slews of Activ.
I wanna see 'em again - and many have never seen...or heard of...


Those Activ really mess up the myth of - " a shell with higher brass is more powerful than one with lower brass".

*snicker*
 
Interesting article in February's Gun's & Ammo on the "paper" shot shells still being made. Federal's Gold Metal Paper shot shells are available.
 
Here's a cute one...

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I think this is a 9mm shotshell, standing next to a 12 ga one:
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Larry,
Is this 9 mm a rimfire? Do you have any more information on the what or where of that cartridge?

Today I came across a Anschutz 9 mm rimfire single-shot shotgun. I have never heard of one, all I could find on the caliber is in a older "Cartridges of the World", which was not much, only that Winchester made guns for the round from 1920 to 24. Nothing on the Anschutz is the Blue Book or any of several other's I own, or if the rounds can be found or are available. A neat curiosity if nothing else.
Anything would be appreciated.
 
Yes, it's a rimfire. The headstamp is a "W".

I found some information here. Apparently Winchester made the Model 36 from 1920 to 1927. "Cartridges of the World" says the only real use was probably pest control.
 
I read in an old book that the 9mm rimfire was a "garden gun" you could get shot shells or a round ball load . I have seen the rb shell it had a round ball crimped in the mouth of a brass case .
that aluminum cased 410 shell pictured could be military the air force issued aluminum cased 410's in a spam type pull tab can with those m-6 410/22hornet survival guns
Roy
 
"Model 36 Winchester bolt action 9mm Shotgun"

www.gunsamerica.com/976963352/Guns/...del_36_Winchester_bolt_action_9mm_Shotgun.htm

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Sorry I'm late, I was on the road. Now, where's my camera and that box of 28 ga. Shurshot shells. Anything to keep from working on tax forms.

(Look at the second gun on this page www.euroguns.co.uk/acatalog/Second_Hand_Guns.html a current production 9mm garden gun.)

John
 
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