Thanks again for the replies, It is hard not to be tempted to try to shoot a couple at some point. I did have an empty case in the lot that was already primed, but empty.
I put the empty primed shell in the gun to see if the primer would fire and nothing. That would have made me feel sick if it was loaded...wondering what to do while you waited! Then I thought the primers in the tin may have been protected more over the years than this loose shell, so I primed one of the empty shells I cleaned and tried it out in the gun...again nothing. Tried a few times, even on both sides.
So there's my answer. Hearing that "click" on the primed shells really made me think of the safety issues if it had been loaded. If there was a different way to prime the shells this might be possible(the shells I cleaned didn't have an visible deformities or cracks). The Track of the Wolf shells are too nice and don't come with the anxiety and I am not going always shoot this gun with black powder.
I will clean the other shells as I think it would make a nice display. I put a picture below of when I first got the gun with all of the extras. I am not sure if you can tell from the picture but the 5 shells in the back row have power and a nitro card in them, who knows how long they have been sitting...I need to disassemble those).
I am glad I found a way to safely test this possibility, but I almost feel a little worse now that I know. For a few days I thought I had some original shells that had the possibility of being used...
Thanks,
Jay
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