Paper shells

[Researcher]

About a decade ago, Kevin, scored a mixed case of old paper shells at a Richmond gun show. He was really interested in the boxes loaded with #10 shot, and in that I'd driven us to the show, he gave me a nice crisp box of Winchester Super-Speed #6 shot. It was the box style used from the mid-1930s to WW-II. I took them to the Heartland with me and had one in the modified choke barrel of my bird gun, when our first Nebraska rooster of the year flushed wild about 35 yards from me. I dropped into the back trigger and the gun went click! I tried about a dozen shells out of the box and none would fire. So much for putting any faith in elderly primers!!