10 ga league
 

just recieved a 10 ga league shell it is a real low brass hull....paper appears to be shelac... top wad reads 4 1/4 1 1/8 4 c....supposed to be a early made shell...almost temted to see if it would shoot...but gave to much for the thing to shoot it...the old shells are like old guns they will cause you to have shell idis.... charlie

Yep, starts out Gunitus,then Bookius, then shellitus, Boxitus, on and on. What fun!:rotf::rotf:

nice collection of itis things...like the way you have made those shell holders...i will have to borrow your idea on them....are those shell all the same guage or are they diferant... there is no end to collecting ....i just traded for a bunch of old kerosene laterns .. put oil and new wicks in 7 of them tonite kithen sure did smell good i thought...have a couple 000 buckshot coming in odd thing they are low power loads with odd weight of 1 3/8 ounce of lead....it amazes me at the differant loads that have been loaded over the years....c harlie

really like that nublack box... i gotta get me one of those carlsbad boxes.... charlie

Just some oak slats and blocks, drilled some 7/8 holes to make the shell racks.
A rack for 10/12 and one for 16/20.

Very Very nice Robert.

are the shell holders on a table or do you have them on the wall...just got that umc shell in ..its a umc.co 10 ga low brass red in color and top wad that reads3 1/2 dead shot 1 3/8 000 buck... charlie

Charlie, They actually hang on the wall. I had cropped and rotated the pic to fit the format. Guess you could use them however best fits your needs.:)

Those racks are awesome!

thanks for the pictures..i like them hanging from the wall really look nice...i also see some good names on them shells.... just added another 10 ga winchester to the pile it reads winchester new rival... 4 1/2 ooo buck loaded by w. r. a. co...blue in color and the brass is not over3 /16 in height.... charlie

I'm like you all, I collect individual shells too. What's funny is I could care less about the headstamps, it's the oddball overshot cards that really get me going. I love the Remington Game Load line with all the different types of birds and animals listed on the cards.

I've got a lot of my more interesting ones lined up in an old gunners box that's got shell holders in it. It's a 10 gauge box so almost everything will fit in it. I've gotta take some pics of my shelves of that sorta thing sometime.

Did a gunshow over the weekend and made a good find for Charlie, a 24 gauge round ball shell made by Remington. I picked up several 28 gauge slugs for myself too, first time I'd ever seen any of those for sale.


Destry

P.S. I agree, those racks are a great idea.

P.S. I just got a fun one in the mail today. Winchester Ranger, red paper case, star crimp loaded with 2 drams - 2 ounces - #10 shot. Must have been some kind of critter control load made to be really slow and only effective at a short distance. Odd....


Destry

you gonna have to take time and take some pictures ofyour shelves...this shell collecting can get in your blood in a hurry...i get a kick out of finding a oddball load or shell...destrey i think you havehit the all time oddball shell loading..with 2 drams of powdwer and 2 oz of shot a fella could probably see the shot traveling through the air...i seen a kinda odd listing on the tube last night..was a full box of remington 16 ga magmums 2 3/4 inch listed like this 3 3/4 drams 1 1/2 ounce i would have bid on them but no picture of the load was given i was afraid he had it listed wrong.. but i should have asked seller..any body here of this loading in 16 ga before.... those 28 ga slugs are rareseen a couple boxes listed for sale before but ive only seen 2 boxes with my own eyes in my life funny thing my dad had them...he traded them off to his brotyer inlaw 50 years ago...his son still has both boxes minus one shell that he gave me....keep a sharp eye out for them oddballs fellas... charlie

How about one with a patent number? 16ga Win Super Speed #2 shot. A friend on the Fox board found a Super-X with the same, plus an advertising blurb for the "Short Shot String".

thats a neat old shell it really looks good with that grouse...good picture... thanks charlie

should have said looks nice with the feather...what kind of feather is it.. ive never got to see a grouse before only pictures...maybe just maybe... charlie

well i havnt got any odd shells yet but heres what i got 10 gauge 3.5 compared to 12 ga 2.75 28ga 2.75 and a 375 h&h from the 80s sitin on overpriced 44 mag box lol


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Charlie - Cock Phez breast feather

milt youve got to start some where and looks like your on your way.. if you like 10 ga if you look at how high the brass is on a western record 10 ga magnum brass ishigh on it like the old leader name shell... those feathers are nice....charlie

John, RIGHT YOU ARE!! You obviously know your birds!

I was a Springer Field Trial gun for years - looked at the rump of a lot of phez! As a fly tier, however, the "Cathederal Window" rump feather is more interesting. Attached to the underside of that feather is a thing called a phylo plume, which is a great feather for imitating gills on large mayfly nymphs like the "Hex" The left feather is the phylo plume, and the right is the Cathederal Window feather