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03-15-2020, 11:42 AM | #13 | |||||||
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Box of WIN 10 gauge Repeaters to go with the full boxes of Repeaters I had in 12 , 20 and 28 gauge . But I’ve sold them so that’s past .
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Sounds kind of odd that the 1 5/8oz load was developed so late , because that should be close to the weight of a 10 gauge round ball load . Then again I suppose post choke guns round balls were no longer used ? . Have you loaded any of the UMC paper hulls ? Would be interesting to see them reloaded. |
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03-15-2020, 12:11 PM | #15 | |||||||
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i tried shooting some old repeater amm the other day one was a ten ga another 12 ga 2 3/4 inch a 3 inch magnum and another 3 inch with the 1 3/8 oz load...none would fire i snapped the primers at least 3 times...every thing haveing no 57 or 209 primers have fired in old ammo for me...charlie...i use small and large pistol primers for most of my old brass shells i load....charlie
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03-15-2020, 03:14 PM | #17 | |||||||
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I watched a youtube video of a guy hunting ducks with a box of 12 ga shells from the 1950s . They fired each time but he didnt realize those old shells were lead . If the paper hulls dont work out I may eventually ordered some brass ones from RCC . |
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03-15-2020, 04:11 PM | #18 | ||||||
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From what I've read, the non-corrosive primers don't have near the longevity of the old corrosive primers. Back in 2000 a friend gave me a late 1930s box of Winchester Super-Speed 12-gauge #6C. I took them with me to Nebraska and after getting a click, click at the first rooster I got up, I tried several more and none fired, so I left them on a fence post at a public hunting area in the southeast corner of Nebraska.
The lead balls for "single-ball" loads put out by our North American ammunition companies were 1 1/8 ounce in 10-gauge, 1 ounce in 12-gauge, 7/8 ounce in 16-gauge, 5/8 ounce in 20-gauge and 1/2 ounce in 28-gauge. The balls were small enough to go through chokes, the gas sealing being done by the wads. The ball diameters were -- 10-gauge -- .710" 12-gauge -- .645" 16-gauge -- .610" 20-gauge -- .545" 28-gauge -- .510" |
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03-15-2020, 04:32 PM | #19 | ||||||
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The original shells in question are over 100 years old.
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03-15-2020, 08:05 PM | #20 | ||||||
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Milton, Check your PMs
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