How are 8 ga.slugs used industrially ???

modoc

Just won 4 shells that are marked "for industrial use".They are loaded with a BIG slug.I would like to know how they were used. Thanks a bunch.

BILL
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....

cpermd

Around here they are used to break up * and deposits in huge ovens and mixers in foundrys and papermills.
cpermd

Nighthawk

I am 98% sure I am answering this correctly,or I would not reply. To the best my memory serves me these were used during the early 1960s in cattle slaughter houses.They no longer use them for that purpose,as they have other methods now, I wont go into it here but to my knowledge the old ammo is hard to come by.


Good Luck.

Rugster

Edited by - rugster on 06/19/2002 10:50:13

captkirk3@dslextreme.com

cpermd; called it correctly...Used to watch Phoenix Cement in Clarkdale, Arizona Trash KLINKER in the Kilns..They would Bolt the Cannon down and Load a Shell and jerk the lanyard...Did'nt take to awfully long to break the stuff loose...Whatever you do....DON"T try and shoot one of these baby's....There is nothing on the face of the Planet strong enough to take the Pressures or Recoil of this monster...encluding your Shoulder or Body!!!!!!!!!!!!

Captain Kirk, Tech Staff

I.Shute

Back around 1960 Remington offered this gun in industrial catalogs to shoot down over-hanging rocks in quarries as well as breaking * in kilns. I never saw one or even a picture of it.
I.Shute

modoc

Thanks gents,one and all.Captn,you must not worry about me firing one of these things.I wimp out at the thought of the three and half 10 ga.
I do shoot 10s but also do the loading so make them easy to handle.
It seems to me that the largest round ever saw in a cattle hammer was 38 special,but have not seen many.Again my thanks,modoc

BILL
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....

ace22

They used them for cleaning the kilns at a brickyard.They have since discovered other ways to knock the "stuff" off the kiln walls.Scary to think about.

Old hickory

When I was in college 1969-1973 I worked at Medusa Cement Company in Dixon ,Illinous (Ronald Reagan's hometown) We used an 8 guage mounted on a carriage to break up huge clinkers of burned cement * before they went in a grinding mill. It happened about once a month that a ball of rock the size of a VW bus would come rolling down the kiln and it would plug up all production if it weren't smashed up. One big piece required over 200 shots!! The gun was operated with a wheel that opened the chamber and although it was a single shot it could be fired about 15 times a minute. The shells we used were Remington and they came 250 bulk packed to the box and yes, I liberated many of them!

101AIRBORNE

Slaughter cattle? Geez, talk about hamburger meat!