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Title: Old shotgun shells
Post by: GobbleNut on May 27, 2012, 11:48:01 AM
Seems like a while back I saw a thread about collectors of old shotgun shells.  I was going through some old stuff and found a coffee can full of old paper shells....mostly 12's, and a couple of 20's and .410's.  They were given to me years ago and I think they are probably fifty or more years old, although I am not certain of that.

Anyway, if anybody here knows someone who collects that kind of stuff or knows anything about what they are worth, please let me know. 
Jim

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Title: Re: Old shotgun shells
Post by: Neill_Prater on May 29, 2012, 10:44:16 AM
No expert at all, but I'm thinking all the rolled crimp shells, with the possible exception of the .410's, are over 50 years old. I started quail hunting with my Dad, actually carrying a gun, in 1961, and I'm reasonably sure all the shells we bought then, except for the .410, had already switched over to star crimps. I think the .410's were still roll crimped probably into the early 70's.
Title: Re: Old shotgun shells
Post by: slamman on May 30, 2012, 10:56:26 PM
nice, but I don't see a pic of a 9mm shotgun shell.  I shoot a 28g a myself.