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brass 12 gauge shells

cb1100fcb1100f Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
Picked up an all brass 12 gauge shotgun shell loaded with 00 buckshot from a junk store.Never saw one before.Any ideas on value?Not wanting to sell it,just curious.My neighbor offered me 5 bucks and looked shocked when I declined.Thanks for any info.
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  • talontalon Member Posts: 150 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The military used to use these as guard ammo, for sure, and possibly in combat. Possibly civilian prison ammo,too. Is there a headstamp, and any markings on the top wad?
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  • cb1100fcb1100f Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Top is marked "00" with a b underneath printed in a circle on what appears to be waxed cardboard with Winchester and No 12on the bottom
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  • SSG ZAGSSG ZAG Member Posts: 211 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WWII ammo, was alot of it around after the war, they tried to use it up in Vietnam. But found it was too old, and it corroded easily in the humid jungle climate.They used commercialy made ammo after that. You should have taken the 5 bucks, I know a guy that has cases of the stuff.
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I need about a dozen more to fill out a WWII shot shell cartridge belt for a display piece.. Who is the guy with cases of the stuff???? snake803@juno.com
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  • modocmodoc Member Posts: 474 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jim Stark,I have a hundred or so empty ones that could be loaded with whatever you wanted to put in them.I use mine for cowboy and hunting.Simple to load and slicker than greased lightning through the action.If you want a dozen or so let me know.---fatalbrt@cdsnet.net---mine are winchester or remington,your choice $2.50 each includes shipping.
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  • 11echo11echo Member Posts: 1,007 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    These brass shells were a development from WW1. The paper shells in wet trench didn't work very well, so the brass cases. The military continued to use them after the war, but I'm not sure how far after. I am sure a number of these brass shells were used in federal prisons and guarded site because of they're availability, but weren't developed for those particular applications.More of an oddity now ...not much value. God Luck! ...Mark
    "FEAR the Goverment, that fears your ARMS"
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