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[charlie cleveland]

yes shell collecting is a bad habit to pick up my wife gets I ll at me says I spend to much on them old shells.....I have yet to be able to get a box of them early 3 inch 20 ga shells and the 3 inch 16 ga shells....good find on them shells.....charlie

[Researcher]

I have yet to be able to get a box of them early 3 inch 20 ga shells and the 3 inch 16 ga shells....

Back during the crash of 2008 I was able to pick up some nice full 3-inch 20-gauge boxes from the Ward's Auction --

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Arrow Rem-UMC 20-gauge 3-inch Label Load.jpg

Since then when a box of vintage 3-inch 20-gauge shells does come up the price shoots past my comfort zone in a hurry. A box of these has never been within my comfort zone --

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A number of years ago I had a chance at box of Remington UMC ARROW 20-gauge 2 7/8 inch shells and passed. Didn't realize how really scarce they are. It seems to me that the early long, 2 7/8, 3 and 3 1/4 inch 12-gauge shells must have all been shot up by the old timers as they sure don't show up very often

[Randy Roberts]

The 3" box of 20's I was able to get was advertised as 2 3/4" otherwise I suspect I would have paid substantially more. A pal of mine spotted them and called me.