Kind of let down...

Brth729

Where I live the surrounding area is mostly cornfields. I'm good friends with a farmer near here, and occasionally get together with him to go out and have a little fun. Yesterday we spent a few hours in a lower section of his property putting rounds through several pistols, and a few shotguns. I had some shells left from last years dove season that I took along, and had six that did not fire. I'm not sure if this is a manufacturing defect or a matter of the shells being a little old. As this is the first time I've had problems of this nature, it left the afternoon a little less enjoyable than what I had hoped it would be.What kind of shelf life do shotgun shells usually have? [This message has been edited by Brth729 (edited 04-09-2002).]

JustC

they will last a long time. I would suggest getting a gunsmith to take a look at the gun as well. Might be a firing pin or spring problem. Does the primer show a good strike like the empty shells?

Brth729

I could see where the pin hit the primer, but don't know how much of a dent it left in comparison to the ones that did fire. As I didn't think to look at the used rounds to see how much of a mark was made on them, I figured it was the shells themselves.[This message has been edited by Brth729 (edited 04-09-2002).]