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Found this locally and bought it as a curiosity. Any ideas as to the age? Desirable to load, or collectable? Any value?

Thanks.

I wouldn't put too much value on my memory, but it seems to me I used to buy a box of these every fall in the early '60's for handloading. First load was a roll crimp, second loading was a star crimp, third load was a "smash" crimp. Then they were thrown away. I'd guess they'd be just fine for Federal paper gold medal loads, maybe have some collector value to an oldster such as myself.

Steve

I and many of us love them. I Load them for my doubles . 19.5 gr Greedot with 1 oz shot. Lots more fun and authentic for the oldies

I reloaded thousands of them - 50 years ago with my father. That's all he loaded for trap and hunting. I was the little guy placing the primer in the reloader as he did the remainder of the work. My pay was the spent primers. I loved shooting them with my slingshot because they whistled as they flew through the air. You know it time to toss these shells when you start to see small burn marks or pin holes where the brass meets the paper and if you reload them one too many times you may get separation of the brass from the paper. I used to love waxing the crimp of our waterfoul loads.

Ah, childhood. I love that story, Tom.
JR

Me, too Tom. Thanks for sharing that.

"Waterfoul" .................. , I've felt that way at times, too.

SRH

Fellow gave me 50 pounds of them once fired. I use them for Black Powder loads in my Parker Lifter two loads then toss. Go three and I get some separation. Also use a O/S wad crimp gets a little messy otherwise.

Love em

Boats

Ah, childhood my butt! I was into trap shooting very young. I sat inside the trap house placing clays on the plate by hand never knowing when the release would be pressed and whether the clay would fracture in my face inside the house. Catch hell for shutting down the range if I had to wave the cease fire flag for less than the loss of a limb. No eye protection, usually got a break after 3 hours to refill my canteen, maybe get a free hotdog from the club bbq if I had any money and back into the trap house for another three hours of heat without a breeze. Pay was 25 cents per hour. Never was offered a chance to take a few shots or handle a nice gun or two. I started this at age 12 because a neighbor up the street told my dad I would enjoy the easy job. I quit after about 6 shoots once I could convince my dad this wasn't fun or safe. Did nothing to endear trap shooters for me.

Stan - can you tell I have been married to an English teacher for 36 years☺️. I am not going to show her that.

Hell, Jerry, I didn't even get the 25 cents. My father told me to go down there and keep the trap running. What I hated was the occasional doubles squad that liked to see how fast a tempo they could maintain. That was mayhem. I'm glad kids don't have to do that nowadays.