Old Imperials....what fun!

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I had the pleasure of getting out for a hunt today with a good friend and his GSP while shooting some of those fantastic old Imperial shells of decades past. Man what a trip down memory lane. Nothing else will wake you up better in the morning then the trigger pull of a lightweight double gun with an Imperial 6 shot loaded in the chamber. And the smell......how sweet it is. Memories of some of my first hunts with Pops. Great memories rekindled today.....
 
I know what you mean... when I smell that distinctive smoke and waxed paper, it brings back memories of strolling down old logging roads or sitting on beaver dams at dusk in Northern Ontario with my dad...
 
I buy them at gun shows and garage sales. Still use them sometimes for upland birds. Agree on the wonderful aroma. Patterns are OK-ish, good enough for moderate range.
 
I think I'll have to thank a old box out this weekend. Got a good amount from a old, old frend before he past on. A good way to remember him.
 
I miss finding the old high brass purple #4,5 and 6’s at yard sales. Back then they would sell them to a kid if you didn’t look too much like a little ####. They always felt nice and warm compared to the shells from the local home hardware.
 
I hear you loud and clear on the aroma and nostalgic smells. I collect ammo boxes etc. some of which are full, to part full. The part boxes I take a few each fall and shoot a few partridge just for that reason, to smell the smell.
 
Still remember the old orange C-I-L Imperial 28 gauge shells that I used when I first started hunting.Still have a box or two of them kicking around here some where.Great shell and great smell.LOL
 
Federal still makes paper target loads. They still smell as good, can even reload them a couple of times. Showing in stock at Lawry's Caledonia, if you're feeling nostalgic...
 
I sniff these old shells out at gun shows.
Bawt them in zippy bags too.
Each and every uno.
Cripes, jest gave a sea-kritt away.

Nutt'in more gewstoe than the kerrr-chang awf the A-5 and
the aaaahrome-ahh awf these spent husks blow'in past yer snowt.
 
mr.e moose said:
Smells of the past, something that is gone.
God I loved those days, ride down the street with your gun through the handle bars of your bike.
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Or riding through town on your dirt bike with a shotgun... nobody batted an eye, they knew you were just off to get supper.
 
There really is something great about the smell of a fired purple imperial shell on a windless frosty morning as the sun is rising warming things up. It's amazing how something as simple as a certain smell can bring back memories.
 
When I was a kid, in the 50's.
My Uncle who started me on hunting, would take me with him.
We would leave at daybreak and go to a little slew, about 20 minutes from the camp.
There was only about 1-1/2 to 2 feet of water in this slew.
It was full of mostly Black Ducks as there were very few Mallards in those days in Timmins, 1950's.
He had a Winchester model 12, he used to shoot #4 Magnums.
I would stay back and watch, when I saw the ducks moving, in the mist I knew he was close.
Then would hear the, well timed repitions of shots.
Then I would go up and I was the retriever, I never felt the cold.
We would go back to the camp and clean the ducks.
My aunt would roast them with a nice dressing.
My God they were good.
I have a few pics of them old days, [I'm now 72]
I would get to keep all the empty, Imperials to play with .
I will never forget that smell. I now have a few boxes that I shoot once in a while, just to remember the smell.
The [GOOD OLD DAYS WITH MY UNCLE VAU], I MISS HIM STILL.
OLD TIMER LOU
 
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