Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I was at the range last week, introducing my 13 year old nephew to the love of shooting via a Ruger 10/22. Cleaning up afterward, I uncovered these three shotgun shells in the leaves. The two longer ones are 2.5"; the shorter one is just over 2.25". Two had primer strikes; the Western is clean. None actually fired. First time I've seen paper shells (other than in books). Are these common and ordinary? Is there a decent resource for information re age, specs, etc? Thanks. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Is your "Google" broken? Paper shotgun shells are still being made & sold. I went to a neighbor's last weekend to price out a used SG reloading press...including cases of empty paper hulls. Her husband had been an avid bird hunter, as well as shooting trap & skeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have a lot of them in boxes and yes they are rather common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 IMHO, the paper shells have a romance to them. I've got quite a few of the real old ones and am trying to come up with a wall mounted display case for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Y'all notice that the 2 1/2" Peters says it is loaded with smokeless powder? That tells me it is fairly old. If black powder was not the common load, when it was made, there would be no reason to mark it smokeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 IMHO, the paper shells have a romance to them. I've got quite a few of the real old ones and am trying to come up with a wall mounted display case for them. I'd like to do something like that with my late Granddad's old 12 gauge paper ammo from the '40's and '50's. Even have a couple of boxes of paper reloads from the early '60's that one of his hunting buddies reloaded for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'd like to do something like that with my late Granddad's old 12 gauge paper ammo from the '40's and '50's. Even have a couple of boxes of paper reloads from the early '60's that one of his hunting buddies reloaded for him. I'll send you a picture when I get it done and maybe it'll give you some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'll send you a picture when I get it done and maybe it'll give you some ideas. That'll work. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Is your "Google" broken? Be kind. We never say that to Alpo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 The thing that's more unusual and makes them older is the roll crimp. In the 50's & 60's prior to plastic, the crimps were "star" type, not rolled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Be kind. We never say that to Alpo. Not so. I've been told "Google is your friend" more times than I like to recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Don #56333 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Once upon a time I 'restored' a 1951 edition Remington Wingmaster. After cleaning 50 years of gunk out of it (I doubt it had ever been cleaned) I decided to shoot some trap to see how it worked (before I wasted my time restocking/refinishing). Of course the only 16ga I had was a mish-mash of stuff and in with that bunch, were quite a few paper shells. All shot and the only problem was the target loads went 'bang' and the game loads went 'boom'. The paper shells added LOTS of confetti to the ambiance of the range, much to the dismay of my squad who were all serious contenders and using Perazzi/Beretta guns that cost close to five figures. Or maybe they were annoyed by the bozo with the ugly shotgun....LOL. The confetti was the wads which disintegrated on firing. I had so much fun..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt B.A. Blastn Johnson Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 People say they are common, but those puppies look old to me!!.....They may be remaking them or reloading them still, but the ones you found appear to be weathered and tarnished slightly......I have a bunch of old reloading tins that held powder from companies now sold and rebought under new names that I keep above my reloading bench as momento's so to speak... Do the same and display them proudly!(its a part of shooting history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Looks like the Peters Victor dates from late 1920's-1960's. The Western shell pre-dates the late 1950's. The Federal pre-dates 1965. Somebody was clearing out the coffee cans from Grandpa's shop. Thanks for your input! LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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