Cherokee Slim Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I have a question for those of you more familiar than I (which no doubt includes virtually everyone on here...) with the various applications for 12 gauge loads. Recently I acquired several 12 gauge loading presses and a hodge-podge of supplies from an individual who had accumulated them over a period of years. He was primarily interested in wildcat handgun cartridge reloading and had no use for any of the shotgunning materials that had built up from various estate purchases he had made. Included with this lot of materials were about 15-20 AA hulls which have been cut down to 2 1/8" overall length, "loaded" with a primer and what appears to be a standard WAA12 wad loaded upside down over the primer; no powder. Also included with the lot is a bag of maybe 40-50 additional AA hulls that have been de-primed and cut down to this same length. Does anyone know to what use these might be put? To me they're just part of the "trash" that came with the supplies, but it seems a rather curious "loading". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Heard some people have done something like that for indoor practice. They are supposed to fly pretty straight , similar principle as a badmitten shuttlecock GW Some indoor ranges do not allow shotgun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Do they have live primers in them?? Bottom picture shows no primer.. With that.. they might be set up as dummy rounds for SxS loading and reloading practice.. Live primer.. I don't know.. Might be what G said?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Slim Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rance - SASS # 54090 said: Do they have live primers in them?? Bottom picture shows no primer.. With that.. they might be set up as dummy rounds for SxS loading and reloading practice.. Live primer.. I don't know.. Might be what G said?? That last picture actually shows a live primer in the round that I turned over. The primers all appear to be painted black; I thought perhaps that was to distinguish this type of round from normal rounds to the original loader. I would have thought the difference apparent, but.... Or maybe that's a brand of primer that comes that way; it's just none that I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Another instance, as in playing cards and exploratory surgery, where one peek is worth 1000 guesses. Take one apart. What is inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Slim Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 26 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Another instance, as in playing cards and exploratory surgery, where one peek is worth 1000 guesses. Take one apart. What is inside? I didn't make that clear, but yes, I did pull the wad out and there's nothing inside. There's only the upside down wad placed inside the hull. Seems obvious that the primer would fire the wad out the end of the barrel, but I haven't tried it to be sure it does. The wads are not crimped into place; just poked into the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 They were the pre cursor to paint balls when I was a kid, " Here, hold my lemonaide" Used snorkeling masks to keep the eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Slim Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 44 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: They were the pre cursor to paint balls when I was a kid, " Here, hold my lemonaide" Used snorkeling masks to keep the eyes! Hmmmmm......... that's something I never thought of...... There was no "paintball" around when I was a kid (a very long time ago that was.....) but we never used anything like this either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 BB guns were the precursor to paintball in my neighborhood. If we were feeling nice, we'd steal momma's sewing needles (she didn't really sew anyway, I don't think she ever knew we swiped them) and make darts for our BB guns. Sorry I got off topic, but I think it's probably for practice. Not 100% sure what you would practice, as it seems to me that managing the recoil is a big part of shooting a shotgun. But maybe it's for practicing instinct shooting or for curing flinching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ramblin Gambler said: BB guns were the precursor to paintball in my neighborhood. We must have lived in the same neighborhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Slim Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 I appreciate the responses to the question. Apparently there isn't an absolutely definitive answer; maybe the guy was just "messing around" with 12 gauge rounds for the heck of it. I was hoping for something like, "those are used for ............" , but...... maybe it was just for some type of practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 you could use them against flies and mosquitos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Slim Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: you could use them against flies and mosquitos Now THERE'S a thought....!!!!! mosquito swatter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I've used such, to scare off flocks of birds from my trees. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Mo Dern Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Quote Hi Slim, Did you shoot one out of your shotgun yet? If you do, let us know what happened. Thanks. These look like they might be fun to shoot; if they work. Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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