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Old empty shotgun shells
diver1
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A friend of mine just cleaned out an old house which had a lot of old reloading stuff in it. I believe that some of this material might be useable. the old hulls were stored in trash cans an look good, I would classify them as once fired. My question is that they could be 30 years old, would this make them unsafe in anyway ? I assume the bag lead would probably be worth more as a novelty. He also has several cigar boxes of old rifle & pistol brass marked sized an deprimed around 1968. Is this old brass dangerous to reload or is it in the novelty department also ? I am sure part of your response will suggest visual inspection. I guess the question is does the age alone disqualify the materials from use ? Thanks for the help.
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I load 30-06 from 1917 and other brass right up thru present day. Clean it up and inspect it, if it looks good load it.
On shotgun shells I am still using hulls from 1960's in some cases, again you've got to inspect it. The plastic in some hulls can shrink or become "hardened", but in most cases it works just fine.
Sounds like a good find.
Someone probably collects bags of shot, Winchester brand for sure.
The hulls could be used by someone, but depending on condition if they wanted to spend the time to clean them up.
Shot is at a high price now and would definitely be worth a good bit to a shotshell loader.
If the shotshells are in good condition, they are usable, but may call for the obsolete #57 primer or some odd wad.
1968 is not old for brass.
Lead shot is about $35/bag here. How much in your area?
$52.49/ 25 lb bag at Sportsman's Warehouse. More everywhere else.
SS
If any of your hulls uses the small shotgun primer, they might be worth more too, as the primers turn up cheap at times.
old cigar boxes full of brass. Would the best way to go be to list some of the items on the auction side ? Question there are several cans of powder can they be shipped safely ? Several Hercules cans, different mgrs.