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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Short 16 ga story |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:42 am
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Since i only shoot 16 ga at sporting/ C , Skeet, Trap, and mainly games. Fellow drove in and asked me to see what he had in his trunk. The old win. Super X C.F. hulls. 4 cases of them. 3 bucks a box # 8's. I didn't have xtra money with me. I called another fellow over who shoots S/C with 16. He bought them all. Next week . The fellow who bought them comes over to my truck with a bag of once fired C/F HULLS. 125 of them. Last week comes to my truck with another 125 once fired. Said he'll bring more till he runs out. The 16 gods are smiling on me. Bill. |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:34 am
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That's quite a day at the range! 20 box cases too? Thanks for sharing. |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:52 am
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Joined: 24 Jan 2007
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Location: SC PA
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Hammer bill wrote: |
Since i only shoot 16 ga at sporting/ C , Skeet, Trap, and mainly games. Fellow drove in and asked me to see what he had in his trunk. The old win. Super X C.F. hulls. 4 cases of them. 3 bucks a box # 8's. I didn't have xtra money with me. I called another fellow over who shoots S/C with 16. He bought them all. Next week . The fellow who bought them comes over to my truck with a bag of once fired C/F HULLS. 125 of them. Last week comes to my truck with another 125 once fired. Said he'll bring more till he runs out. The 16 gods are smiling on me. Bill.
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Seriously? For $3 a box, I think I would have made a hasty run to an atm. |
_________________ "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man" - Vito Corleone
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:57 pm
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Uplander I had a hunch friend of mine would give me the hulls. Guys got more money than sense.
I probably have 1000 in a stach up in my building. This would be a nice addition. I pull out 100 every now and then playing the trap games. |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:14 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Illinois
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Some guys have all the luck---believe I would follow him and help burn up that ammo and get more mt's |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:05 pm
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I forgot to mention he also bought 5 cases of Herters last Saturday. He said that was all they had. I said if he is not going to reload if I could get the hulls. He said I'll save them for you. I need to take him couple boxes of my reloads with bad crimp. He loves the load I use. Well I guess I'll fold my wings up and land on the couch for the rest of the evening.Bill |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:37 pm
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Just having a little fun with ya, Bill. Hard deal to pass up even if you're getting hulls for free. One can't even load 16s for $3 a box let alone get 16ga CF ammo for that price. Enjoy.
Marc |
_________________ "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man" - Vito Corleone
''Common Sense isn't common" -Lefty Kreh |
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Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:15 pm
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Joined: 19 Nov 2013
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Location: NW Arkansas
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Hammer drop! Those CFs are still out there and pop up from time to time. 4 cases is a lottery win however!
A close friend of mine recently came upon a stash of around 250 once-fired Mark 5 high brass hulls, a case of Gamebore ammo and quite a few old paper Hawthorne hulls--all 16 gauge--at an estate sale. I plan to load the paper hulls for him since I have fiber wads.
I gave this person about 150 CF Dove and Quail once-fired hulls about ten years ago, since his brother uses a Sweet 16, but they are still unloaded.
Don't worry, I've impressed on him the value of these CF hulls to some of us in the 16 gauge fraternity, so they won't be thrown in the trash! I won't let them get away! |
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1954 Win M12 IC
1952 Ithaca M37 Mod
1955 Browning Auto-5 Mod
1940 Ithaca NID M/F
1959 Beretta Silver Hawk
Ranger 103-II M/F
Browning A-5 Sweet 16
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