8 gauge shells

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

The base said Remington Industrial.

Every 8 gauge hull I have says industrial both Remington and Winchester .

[Pa SxS]

I opened 1 of the sealed boxes and you can see the rolled crimp. The separate shells outside the box are some reloads that came with the shells.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

I opened 1 of the sealed boxes and you can see the rolled crimp. The separate shells outside the box are some reloads that came with the shells.

So let’s see a picture of the 8 gauge gun you plan on shooting these in ?

[Pa SxS]

No longer my problem 😁

[ArtS]

They do but the box is clearly marked as 2oz of No.3 shot and Black Powder. They are using the hulls for reloads.

This is an interesting area, as I brought up above. I don't own a US made 8 gauge, but I believe that older British 8 gauges had larger chambers than their American counterparts. I know the Scott single I own is fit perfectly by the new Remington hulls I own. They are made with the two layer head crimped over the regular head. A brass RMC 8 gauge is slightly loose in the chamber and I won't fire these until I anneal them. I will recieve the Webley double of the same age tomorrow and I am interested to see if it has a small or large head chamber. I became more curious when I recieved an antique 8 gauge loading tool the other day. Someone mentioned it in a post and I purchased it. It included a used (well) red Remington hull marked Remington Apex No. 8 (if I remember) and had "Hand Loaded" printed on the hull. Remington UMC was stamped around the head above the rim in a rather bold stamping. It was a very old hull which predated the industrial loads and I am sure was a commercial hunting load originally, but it had the same two layer head design. Pictures I have seen of British loads also seem to often have this construction. I am coming to suspect that for most of the sporting history of the 8, the two continents did not match.

Another interesting point is that after looking at the CH die charts/dexcriptions and some technical info , I believe many Industrial loads now feature a cylinderical, of sorts, metal bullet/slug. That may reflect multiple uses.

I may have related before that the father and son gunsmiths I used for years were full time machinests for the C&O railroad yards in Russell KY. It was the largest manual switching yard in the world and had a big repair/construction section for rail cars. The yard used regular Mossberg 12 gauge shotguns for descaling boilers. They had the contract for rebuilding these gun every 100,000 rounds.. They said many of the guns went through 6 or seven rebuilds before being retired.

[Keith Sirmans]

Look like resized reloads to me

[Phil C]

Edgar as I recall I purchased these two boxes of Eley from you. I have attached pictures.