Old shotgun shells

[Npayne]

I was recently given a 100 or so old shells and in the bunch are 6 purple, reduced recoil number 8's. The primer seems to be protruding out a little bit (enough for me to grab with finger tips) and I've never seen this before. Are they garbage/dangerous or is it normal??
I realize this isn't a FAQ but it's a newbie question for sure!

 

[npk]

Can you take a pic of it and post it.

I have shot old shotgun shells. As long as they don't show any corrosion it should be okay to shoot. The purple bunch are a paper shell? Does it look like a slug in it?

If you don't want to shoot them take them to a gun shop and I'm sure they will take them of your hands and properly dispose of them. Not a good idea to just throw them in the garbage.

Hope that helps.

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I have never shot reloaded shotgun shells. Not sure if it would seat properly to shoot. You will have to decide for yourself.

Take care.

 

[Npayne]

 

[Until the Angels Fall]

I'd still shoot them...load them in one at a time in a NEW shotgun and you should be okay.

 

[JPainter]

i've shot older rounds than that, looked waaayy worse than those. Still go bang, and make confetti in the air from the rotting paper wadding.

Jeff

 

[ben hunchak]

The ones in the pics. look like reloads, when fiocchi empties first appeared here the primer pockets were a little small for our primer size and required a smaller primer to fit(which fiocchi sold). When you tried to use reg. primers, they would protrude like those, that was years ago and i don't know if more recent hulls are the same.