Good to know Sika. I've actually had a fellow on another forum suggest making an inertia hammer to blow the shells open so I'm going to try that. The shot is all lead (as seen in the posted pictures)- I've already ran it through my dripper and made #7 w/ it.

Made an inertia hammer to try- didn't work that well. The overshot card doesn't blow the end of the hull out very well, only unfolds it slightly. As it sits right now, just cutting the very end of the crimp off. I guess if guys are willing/able to use a shortened hull, that's what they'll get

Here's pictures of the various components once shell is disassembled. Shell includes overshot card, shot, sleeve, felt wad, seal cup and powder. About 3 oz. of shot loaded over approx. 28 gns. of powder that has a burn rate real similar to WSF and Herco.

Here's the rest of the pics

lots of good components in those shells.....ever figure out how much a hull will cost if you decide to sell any...if the price is right I would be a buyer of some of the hulls...charlie

Charlie, I have no use for any of the components other than the lead, powder and primer. Not too sure what the hulls or other components are worth to guys, I’d more rely on guys like you to tell me what a good price is. Regardless, the whole point of me jumping on this forum was to figure out if the stuff was useful to guys and how to salvage the shells to keep it useful. I’ve done my best to keep the hulls as long as possible for reuse by guys, hopefully it is. I understand that there are guys that would only want full length hulls and that’s their business but I’ve had similar instance where “not perfect” is plenty good enough if the price is right. I prefer to shoot my .357 as a .357 but when I guy gave me 3000 rounds of loaded .38 rounds- they shot just fine…

Charlie,
Further to that, I cannot use the classifieds yet and I don’t think I can do PM’s either so not really sure how to put it up for sale at this point. Would like to get rid of it though, just not sure how…?

join the pga for 40 dollars it will be the best 40 you ever spent and will give you a chance and way to sell your hulls....charlie

Salvaged components from these rounds have been posted for sale under the thread "8 GA. RELOADING COMPONENTS FOR SALE"