paper shotgun loads
 

when did they stop making paper shotgun loads gf picked some up at a
garage sale today?

Re: paper shotgun loads
 

Decades ago. I wonder if they have more collector value than shooting value?

Re: paper shotgun loads
 

thats what i was thinking they are kinda cool looking,havent seen anything
like them since i was a kid.

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Can you explain what they are?

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Heavy paper hulls....not like todays plastic. You could still buy paper loads in the 70's.

I have some from the 50's and hunt with them all the time.....nice 3 in mag #6 lead 20 ga.....makes my 20 ga pump shoot like a 12 ga.

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im sure they are nothing to special many different types accidentaly shot one
i thought was a plastic load winchester/remington and one i have never heard
of called a western expert.

more than anything is that they can still fire after 20/30 years i thought that was pretty cool.

gf picked up some slugs and buck along with a lot of misc bird shot in 20 and
12 gauge i thought it was xmas again.

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I wouldn't shoot them at all as I believe they are collectible.

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Fiochi (sp?) still makes them. I bought a few boxes last year at Gander Mountain just for the novelty of them.

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Here they are...
http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/prod...ducts_id=89211

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I love the smell of those. Brings back memories.

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When I started hunting at age 10, I know we used paper-hulled shells. I called my Dad about this; when did the plastic hulls start replacing paper? He said it was in the early 70's. I really couldn't put a date on it, so I'll go with his answer.

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That would be about right. When I started bird hunting I think you could buy both and that was in the late 60s/early 70's.