8 ga shotgun Winchester Industrial shell

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Hello, I was just shown a Winchester 8 gauge Industrial paper shotgun shell. Looks to be loaded with a flat ended slug. What game was hunted with these? And does the word 'Industrial' have any special meaning? It is stamped on the bottom of the brass. It sure must have a kick! Thanks.
 
Winchester Industrial makes tools that use the 8 guage rounds to descale the inside of different types of vessels, kilns and boilers:

http://www.winchester.com/industrial/8_gauge/westerntool.aspx

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Remington's Master Blaster is a similar product:

http://www.remington.com/products/ammunition/industrial/kiln_guns.asp

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Viggo Mortensen's character carries an 8 gauge double barreled shotgun in the movie "Appaloosa"! :eek:

h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkA13Bp-2Y
 
Hello, And thanks.

I have been away from this forum for awhile and forgot how much I like it.

The shell belongs to my 75 year old brother. It was given to him a few days ago by a friend who had 4 or 5 in a micellaneoius box at an auction. The friend has one that was a miss fire. The mark of the hammer is on the primer, but it did not ignite.

It appers to be quite old. I do not know when plastic replaced the paper. I can't see them being used around rural Alberta 50 years ago for industry...but maybe. Bear. I don't know. Would not fly far with that flat front end.

My brother says that the slugs he has seen have a bullet shaped forward end. This is flat, like one or two of you have given me links to.

By the way, I have decided to go hunting for upland birds this year. My last licence was 1989

Thanks again.
 
i also have a industrial 8 guage shell and was told by a neighbour who has worked in the cement industry around the world that these shells are used to knock down the build up in the kilns without the expense of a shut down . many variations of these shells are available .he has seen barrels of emptys at cement plants in the states .
 
They are not useable in a sporting arm!!! Not of any type, If your gun does not look like the one Krasub posted they are for the collection only. I know this is not news to most here but some old 8 ga guns have been destroyed by these.
 
They are marked Industrial for a reason.
Used to work in a pulp mill where they were fired inside a large hopper to loosen lime
that was sticking to the sides.
If you were standing directly under it when it fired you wouldn't forget the experience.
 
They have a belt on the base for a reason, to prevent anyone from trying to fire one in a regular (shoulder fired) shotgun. Likely it would destroy the shotgun.
It would be a big mistake to alter an old gun to accept these by making a groove in the chamber.
However, if you can swage down the shell itself to standard size, taht would allow you to reload a proper charge in it.
 
The 8 gauge saw use in Africa in the old days, folks used Paradox barrels and either buckshot or bullet, these old doubles were very effective on large and dangerous game. The guns were heavy as recoil could be bad with a 300gr. charge of black powder, gun bearers were employed to carry them.
 
I think what HobbyShooter was referring to was modifying fired 8 Gauge industrial hulls for reloading to the pressures the old sporting guns were designed for, rather than using the 8 Gauge industrial factory ammo in these guns.
 
Rifled 8 ga double barreled Rhodda also made in 4 and 2 bore.......I remember reading an African hunting artical on these by Finn Aaguard................Harold
 
Gope said:
did they not use a 8gauge elephant gun, in tremors(sp?)? with the "graboids"
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Its was a Darne slide breech 8 ga from a collecter in Califonia. The shells were cut from south africa brass and a slug head screwed on. I have all 4 movies and await the 5th to come. Ya got to love Burt Gummer.
 
I think what HobbyShooter was referring to was modifying fired 8 Gauge industrial
hulls for reloading to the pressures the old sporting guns were designed for, rather
than using the 8 Gauge industrial factory ammo in these guns.

I tought it was clear! I wouldn't recomend sizing any live round nor using
kinetic bullet puller with rimfire ammo or trying to seat a protruding primer on a
live round!!!

Jocelyn.
 
It has been done. The slug was pulled, powder dumped, industrial rim turned off. Reloaded with a reasonable amount of black powder, slug stuffed back in, hillbilly crimp applied.

Giddyup!!!
 
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