Shooting current shells in old guns poll

[Bruce Day]

Maybe I should worry about it, or maybe not.

[Researcher]

Wish I knew for sure what kind of shells my Father was using in my Grandfather's 1890 vintage heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge, at King Lake, Minnesota, in October 1932 --



My gut feeling, from knowing what he used in my lifetime, is that they would have been Super-X, Nitro Express, etc.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Wish I knew for sure what kind of shells my Father was using in my Grandfather's 1890 vintage heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge, at King Lake, Minnesota, in October 1932 --



My gut feeling, from knowing what he used in my lifetime, is that they would have been Super-X, Nitro Express, etc.

Horrors! And the gun didn't blow up on him??? I hope none were smokeless powder that causes these weak Damascus barrels to unravel like a cheap sweater!

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Wish I knew for sure what kind of shells my Father was using in my Grandfather's 1890 vintage heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge, at King Lake, Minnesota, in October 1932 --



My gut feeling, from knowing what he used in my lifetime, is that they would have been Super-X, Nitro Express, etc.

Dave;
Whatever he was shooting he used a lot of them. Looks like he could have used one more to finish off that drake Mallard (unless of course that was his decoy bird).