8 gauge shells

[Pa SxS]

I picked up 3 sealed boxes of Remington Industrial shells plus 1 opened box. Looks like they were loaded by Gamebore. Are these shells new and loaded for firing into kilns or are they resized and ready to shoot out of a 8 ga. shotgun? I'm new to this big bore stuff!!!

[Craig Larter]

Beware Pink Footed Geese, when are you headed to Scotland!!

[Stan Hoover]

Chuck,

I have two boxes of these 8 gauge Gamebore shells.

They are also Remington Industrial hulls that have been resized, apparently this is what Gamebore utilized for their ammo.

Stan

[ArtS]

Don't forget that England still allows 8 gauge for some hunting and that many of the older English guns have a larger chamber than the US did. I have a mint Scott 8 gauge that accepts a industrial hull perfectly and works well with them. The front half of the brass fireforms out slightly to fit the chamber.

[Bill Murphy]

Don't fire the kiln shell in any sporting shotgun, even if they fit in the chambers.

[Stan Hoover]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Don't fire the kiln shell in any sporting shotgun, even if they fit in the chambers.

Are you suggesting these are Industrial loads there Murph?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Don't fire the kiln shell in any sporting shotgun, even if they fit in the chambers.

Honestly , do you “really” think anyone on here would try and shoot actual industrial loads in a true sporting gun . I think not !

[Bill Murphy]

To answer Stan's comment, may I state that Chuck said the three boxes were "industrial shells". I took him at his word.

[Pa SxS]

The base said Remington Industrial.

[edgarspencer]

Several years ago, Gary Herman acquired about 75-80 ten round boxes of 8ga Gamebore and Eley Bismuth shells. I sold a few for him on this site. One man bought the entire remainder, entirely for the bismuth. Going from memory, I believe I was told he was cutting the top edge of the rolled crimp, taking out the bismuth, filling them with lead shot (size unknown) and re-rolling a crimped closure, ending up with a shell, one quarter inch shorter. Because of the difference in density of lead vs bismuth, they were the same load. in less space.
I should note, as far as I know, he was NOT reselling them as bismuth, but lead.
The reason I mention this, is the picture Chuck showed, of the roll crimped hull appears to be less than perfect, and is much like what I was getting using a BPI single pin roll crimper, which is why I switched to the Ross six pin roller.
I'm not suggesting the shells Chuck bought are of those, described above, although they may be.
If whomever I sold some of those Bismuth Gamebore shells still has any, do they appear like the picture of Chuck's Gamebore shells? I believe the original shells were marked, in gold letters on the side of the hull.