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Thread: how they made shotshells in 1951

  1. 06-06-2012, 01:48 AM #1
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    how they made shotshells in 1951

    took a little digging but i finally found something older than me

    Popular Science article from 1951, i found it entertaining... but then i'm easily amused

    http://books.google.com/books?id=OSE...opage&q&f=true
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  2. 06-06-2012, 02:00 AM #2
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    Very interesting, i don't think it has changed a whole lot today except for the paper hulls!
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  3. 06-08-2012, 03:28 PM #3
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    Yes sir--as they say, "plastics make it possible" and the shotshell has really improved since back in the day.

    I'm still roll-crimping some shells and using fiber/felt wads in some loads, though.
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  4. 06-08-2012, 05:44 PM #4
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    Some guns need fiber/felt for proper performance. My 40 some year old 20 double imp/mod does not like one piece plastic wads.
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    check out page 44
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  6. 06-12-2012, 01:48 PM #6
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    Oh, the good old days when you could get shells like you wanted them. Peters High Velocity, Remington Express and Super-X. Any shot and any load. Federal Monarks...."the rabbit's best friend". I was a little one then and saved my nickels and dimes for shells. A box of Peter's High Velocity .410s were a whopping $1.25 in those days and .22 shorts were $.41 a box./beagle
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