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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ new/old box for my collection |
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:47 am
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Picked these up at a gun show over the weekend. The picture of "Sears" headstamp isn't very clear. These will go nicely with my other vintage 16ga shells.
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:33 pm
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Very nice, well done
Thanks for sharing
Here is a 3 1/2 dram 1 1/4 ounce, OUCH!!
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:03 pm
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| it says magnum what is the shot charge? |
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:19 pm
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| byrdog wrote: |
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it says magnum what is the shot charge?
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As a certified Old Box Interpreter, I can tell you it's 1-1/4 oz at roughly 1300 fps velocity. Put the rings on your Sweet Sixteen in the "Heavy" configuration for these. 
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:53 pm
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| yes they are 3 1/2 dram 1 1/4 of #4s. I have no intention of shooting them! |
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:30 am
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| Nice find! Were those made for Sears by Federal? |
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:17 am
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My dad used to buy sears shotshells. All the 12ga I saw then in the 60's were WW Polyformed or paper. But I have never seen a Fed 16 that old so perhaps they were Feds
Here's the novel part to this story. Dad shot these loads at ducks. They were 1.5oz Mags. out of a Rem 1900. Then he was pissed that the stock broke at the wrist. The irony of it is that he was a physicist and should have seen that comming. |
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:01 pm
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Not sure who manufactured them. I also have a box of paper JC Higgins in 12 ga. and a box of plastic 12 ga Ted Williams.
I've tried to focus more on vintage 16 gauge shells recently, although I can't resist a good Peters Cincinnati or Kings Mills box regardless of gauge, having grown up in southern Ohio. |
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