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I just measured the plastic ones I have (and no longer use) and both brands are 2". The brass ones I picked up from a yard sale must have been made from a 12G brass shell, I guess ..... and measure 1/32 under 2 3/4". Were there brass shells this length or did someone make these up from scratch do you think?

Al

Don doesn't miss much! 1oz reload in 12 ga. Remington greenie hull: 1.5 oz. Traditions brass snap cap (in which the piston fails to return after a few uses and has to be driven out and dressed to correct): 2.25 oz. Propelled by the steroid-boosted spring of a Southgate, they're moving fast enuf to make a dent in drywall. Activa homebrewed: no registered wgt. on either an oz. OR gram reading scale. No cost; no appreciable wgt.; less deformation of the pencil eraser than of the brass piston; no dessicant and no forcing cone tickler; and I don't use them anyway. Occasionally something which appears less complicated is less complicated.

AL; I recal the old Alcan Co used to sell a 2 3/4" brass shell which took a regular 209 shotgun primer. These were designed for use in a 3" chamber. I have no idea now how they were headstamped or who else may have made similar, but yes they have been made.