Unloading loaded Shotgun Shells..

YES ,,,,,,,,, sell them to someone who wants them. 50 yrs old is nothing if stored right.
I am sure someone wants them & pay you 4 them.
 
I don't know where you are located but I have primers for paper hulls that I have for sale. pm me in case you are looking for them.
 
The only real way would be to do it slowly and carefully. Paper hulls aren't going to react as well as plastic. If they are rolled then pull the overshot card, dump the shot and roll out the hull. Pull out whatever is left, deprime and reload them however you are planning. If you really want to do it I don't see much else you could do.
 
Upland28 said:
Bought them knowing they are old and probably not shootable, they are ≈50 years old.
Cut open 2 shells and fired the primers; 1 worked, 1 was dead.
I will not shoot them - unreliable and dangerous.
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Unreliable does not equal dangerous. It just means they may work or may not. There is nothing dangerous about that.

Try firing them all. The ones that work will solve their own problem and then you can consider what to do with the ones that don't.
 
Upland28 said:
Thanks will do. The box says 5,45 primers.
Located in central Toronto.
I did a Google and turned up some hits on the 5,45 on Italian websites.
Mostly saying these primers not made anymore, and unsure of the correct primer replacement.
When I was at Rizzini in September I showed Filippo, the sales manager, pics of the boxes and shells.
He said they could be reloaded and mentioned the roll crimp tool he uses.
But, darn, I forgot to write down the replacement primer he mentioned.
So eMail to Filippo in the morning.
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these are the ones I have
 
You should be able to open up the crimp. Use a knife, maybe needle nose pliers, flat screwdriver...

Dump out the shot and keep it

Then grab the shot cup with a pair of needle nose pliers and pull it out

Dump out the powder and keep it

Then reload the way you want

That's what I always did with reloads when there was an issue
 
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I Dont Care About You said:
Unreliable does not equal dangerous. It just means they may work or may not. There is nothing dangerous about that.

Try firing them all. The ones that work will solve their own problem and then you can consider what to do with the ones that don't.
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Ahhhh…if you are trying to fend off a charging bear and your shotgun goes “click” but not “boom”, that is pretty dangerous…no?

Lol ;)
 
Don't think it is possible to push out the cup.
Looks like I will just shoot a few and not reload.
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bertn said:
these are the ones I have
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Sell the stuff as antique collector stuff.

The last time I reloaded a 4BP was in 1973, and those Gevarm primers were for those French hulls that had really thin walls.

You might make a few bucks. Those 4BP primers are hot. Really hot. Good for cold weather.

For litigation reasons stuff like this is not sold anymore.

The Lyman number one shotshell manual has some loads for this stuff. The Lyman manuals used to have pressures way beyond today's standards.

Be careful out there.
 
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