Originally Posted By: Jimmy W
They were loaded 20 gauge shells in the gun. HULL=empty.....SHELL= loaded


As to nit-picking terminology, shell and hull should mean the empty cartridge case. A loaded cartridge should be called a cartridge, IMO, if it is intended to clearly mean that. However, shells and hulls are also commonly used words for loaded cartridges, even though probably not the best words.
Ever hear a removable box magazine referred to as a "CLIP" (shudder at the thought), even by "gun experts with a typewriter"?

Last edited by Jim Legg; 08/21/07 03:34 PM.
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