Would you shoot this shell?

[Phil Yearout]

My nephew left it in the hotel room and I picked it up out of habit. Just curious...

[Bill Murphy]

A lot of reloads look like that. It is not necessarily a sign of a double powder load unless you are suspicious of that.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Just a bad crimp

[Phil Yearout]

Not a reload. So, shoot it or no?

[Researcher]

I shot up a flat of Fiocchi .410-bore shells about half looked like that.

[Ed Blake]

Maybe it’s a bad crimp, maybe it’s not. I wouldn’t shoot it.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

Maybe it’s a bad crimp, maybe it’s not. I wouldn’t shoot it.

What's the matter Col. Sanders, chicken?

[Ed Blake]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

What's the matter Col. Sanders, chicken?

Yep. Big ol’ chicken. It’s just one shell.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

What's the matter Col. Sanders, chicken?

I bought a bunch of 8 gauge stuff off Guns International a few years back and in this menagerie of stuff there was a bag of about 40 reloads containing 2 ounces of 4’s . It took me awhile before I got my nerve up to pull the trigger on one of them . But in hindsight it wasn’t that bad , fast forward to ten days ago ! I took 15 of those shells and my DH 8 out to trim a tree limb that was about forty feet up and about as big around as a good sized man’s ankle . I got it down but it took me nine shots shooting almost straight up . That thing worked on me a bit .

[Jim Beilke]

push the crimp down, if it goes down you are good