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Unread 07-01-2017, 08:39 PM   #1
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when did reloading of hulls become commonplace for the general public? anyone have any really dated equipment?
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I have a set of reloading tools and roll crimper that dates to a little before 1900, I believe.
Don't know what existed prior to that.
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reloading brass hull i believe dates to the earliest days of breech loaders
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Most rural shooters loaded their own shells.





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Browse the photos of cased Parker hammer guns. Take note that they all had loading components fitted. Tools, and individual shotshell components were available virtually from the advent of loaded shells
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I was under the impression that loading your own shells predates factory loaded shotahells.
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Where did you get that impression from ? There had to be hulls invented first before you could reload them.
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I believe you bought the brass and powder, shot etc. and then assembled them yourself. That's why old boxes say "loaded shotshells" on them instead of just "shotshells.". Of course, I wasn't around in the 1870's...
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Not a big jump from loading a muzzleloader to loading brass shot shells. My guess loading shotshells started with the introduction of breech loaders.

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You kind of made my point with the old boxes saying loaded shells instead of just shotshells - the factory loaded shells came first. Then people would take the fired shells and reload them. I would think unloaded brass could also be bought once there was a market for them. Bob, I guess no one is really answering your question other than the late 1800s. They made and reloaded the pin fire that pre dated the shell we know today.
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