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Shotgun rounds

trooperchintrooperchin Member Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
Could you tell if a shotshell was a blank or if it was live?(for ww2 reenacting)
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  • modocmodoc Member Posts: 474 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    From what I have observed,most of the time the blanks are not folded in a star crimp but rather held in with a hard card wad.So if the case has a folded end it was probably a live shell.If it is cut off neat then a blank.
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another way to tell (although I wouldn't trust my life to it) is hold it up to a strong light. You should be able to see it's load sillohuete
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try weighing the one you have and compare that to the weight of a hot load..should be a recognizable difference..
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  • modocmodoc Member Posts: 474 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guys he was talking in the past tense rather than being able to weigh the shells while loaded.
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