Thanks for the replies. I only got excited about all of this when I realized I had all of the components to possibly shoot some shells that this gun may have shot over a 100 years ago. Does it hurt the collector value to clean the shells? I thought it might which is why I just cleaned 2.
The gun is mechanically sound and I have shot 8 boxes or so of RST's through it. I posted some pictures when I bought it back in the spring. Its a grade 2 with 32" barrels. I was loading my newer brass 10 gauge shells and thought about using brass shells in this 12. That's what got me started on this and I was curious as to how old the shells and primers might be.
I appreciate the advice and I will not use the shells. I must admit though, the 2 I cleaned fit perfectly in the chambers...
Thanks again,
Jay
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