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Can you identify the cartridges from L to R, hint the green one is a 12 ga gun club.
Well, I was right on a couple. Nice Annie Oakley gun, TOOLMAKER 251!Starting from left 20mm Oerlikon Mk 4 HE,950 JDJ, 50 bmg with 800 gr bore rider bullet, 3 ga shotshell, 8 ga kiln loaded for sporting shotgun, 8 ga kiln loaded for shotgun, 12 ga gun club, 416 Barrett loaded with Lehigh Defense bullet, 6.5x47 Lapua. Someone asked if I made any, Yes, I made 31 3 ga shells loaded with 5 oz shot 100 gr Blue Dot powder, and the tooling to reload the 8 ga shells. The 3 ga were made from 1 3/8” brass bar stock, this is for a 3 ga side by side hammerless shotgun with 1 meter long barrels and weights 27 lb 10 oz. soon the owner will shoot it and I will video him flying on his ass and post it.
I made the tooling for the owner of these large shotguns and he has many including 4 gauge. He furnished me a few hundred new clear Winchester kiln 8 ga hulls. They are primed cases and I purchased a Lee 50 bmg loading press for him, then proceeded to make the tools. A new 8ga shell holder to fit the press ram, then a sizing die that removes the bulge in the kiln cases. Had loaded 40 gr of blue dot, then a 8 ga wad he furnished. The shot I believe was #5 shot 2 oz then a crimp starter die, a finish crimp plug that installs when the crimp starter is removed. Finally a taper crimp tool. They go fairly fast when loading them, but how many are shot anyhow. I watched him fire 1 test load out of a Parker with 36” barrels and it pushed him back some.Toolmaker. I have an eight gauge and the industrial hulls I have found have belts so they will not chamber. How did you address this? Did you turn off the rims or alter the chamber? On the left is a Remington and the belt is very apparent. On the right is a Winchester. The belt is hard to see in the photo because it has a rounded shoulder. In either event they will not chamber in an original eight gauge gun.
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Thanks for sharing.Starting from left 20mm Oerlikon Mk 4 HE,950 JDJ, 50 bmg with 800 gr bore rider bullet, 3 ga shotshell, 8 ga kiln loaded for sporting shotgun, 8 ga kiln loaded for shotgun, 12 ga gun club, 416 Barrett loaded with Lehigh Defense bullet, 6.5x47 Lapua. Someone asked if I made any, Yes, I made 31 3 ga shells loaded with 5 oz shot 100 gr Blue Dot powder, and the tooling to reload the 8 ga shells. The 3 ga were made from 1 3/8” brass bar stock, this is for a 3 ga side by side hammerless shotgun with 1 meter long barrels and weights 27 lb 10 oz. soon the owner will shoot it and I will video him flying on his ass and post it.