Rancho Roy Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I was at the local gun shop and he just got in an order of mini shotgun shells. Slugs, buck-shot and 7 1/2 Shot........Not sure what they would be used for or if they would feed in a pump or auto loader. But they might eject real nice from a side by side since they don't have as much bearing area.......... Wonder if they are SASS legal? 12ga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I have seen people using them. I would think that the short length would make them harder to grab and load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 If those are the "Aguila" shotshells, they ARE "SASS Legal"...but I've found them to be prohibitively expensive to use on a regular basis, awkward to handle "at speed" (especially out of standard SG ammo loops) and not really any faster to dump from a SxS. They also function in SOME repeaters. I tried them in one of my 1897s and they worked OK (it will hold NINE of them in the magazine). Played with them at a local WB-type match where we were allowed to load as many as the SG would hold (stage called for two sets of 6 shotgun engagements). Our WB MD doesn't write them that way anymore (max 6 in the tube from then on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 If the cost is higher than target loads, I don't see a use for them. It would take a lot of modification of a reloading machine to reload them - even if wads and recipes were available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Midway link When in stock, they sell for about $12.30/box of 20 rounds $0.58 - $0.61/Round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hi Roy, I first saw them at an OWSS (not SASS) match, where the ammo count on one stage was 25. Only one person thought of them. Hubby made me some to use in WB until I got Wild Bodie Tom's springy thingy and my SG would hold 6 regular size. By Hubby's making them, they cost the same as regular length SG shells. Regards, Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Aguila website says the 12 gage version is 5/8 ounce of shot, about half a field load. The recoil has to be much less. It is a good option for when you need only enough to work within 20 yards or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hi Roy, I first saw them at an OWSS (not SASS) match, where the ammo count on one stage was 25. Only one person thought of them. Hubby made me some to use in WB until I got Wild Bodie Tom's springy thingy and my SG would hold 6 regular size. By Hubby's making them, they cost the same as regular length SG shells. Regards, Allie I did the same for WBAS to get six rounds in my '97. However after Squibber made it race ready I no longer need them. I still have a box of the 50 mm length if anyone wants to buy them off me at EOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Since you can't run 'em thru a standard shotshell reloader, they'd have to come loaded with BP to be of use to me. Wonder if they would I meet the BP smoke standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 They would work well in the old short chamber guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mean gun mark Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 the short ones I have seen as the number 6 in the chamber of a 97, when 6 full size would not fit, when shooting wild bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston CAS Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 There's an article in the March American Rifleman abut the Minishells. Pretty interesting concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I got some to use in a SXS when I had a cataract operation. Found out they were bear to pull out of a shell belt. Just stopped shooting for a month as the operation caused a bunch of eyesight issues (internal eye swelling). They now sit with my other not-so-great-idea stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Some years back, I ran the Aguila Minis in my '97. Ran like wet grain thru a goose. Also went thru my ammo budget like grain thru a goose. WAY too expensive for continuous use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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