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Some stuff I picked up....
@ 01:23 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanWent for a road trip yesterday and picked up some goodies.Mostly reloading and ammo that had been collected over the years. Left more behind than I could take (I think I actually overloaded the car. Should have taken the truck!) Ammo 
More ammo and the bullets that wouldn't fit in the other box 
Bullets 
There were some weird and wonderful treasures to be sure. Ignore the price tags, they have nothing to do with reality. My favourite by far (so far) is this: 
That bullet looks devastating. I tried to link to the info on it but I couldn't get it to work, so if you want to see more on the bullet, you have to google Torpedo-Ideal-Bullet. Pretty interesting to see what others have collected. When you walk into the gentleman's "shop", you have to sidle through most of the goodies. And it's boxes and boxes deep. Next trip is going to focus on the militaria, and I'm taking the truck. |
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@ 12:03 pm (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Some stuff I picked up....Nice haul mate. Hopefully some real winners amongst it all. |
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@ 04:09 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Some stuff I picked up....Well, yes and no. Out of all the goodies, there were four boxes of bullets ( 2 Sierra 6mm 85gr, and 2 Wildcat 6mm), two pounds of Nobel 49, and one seven pound box of Nobel 45 powder.On a side note, there was a box of Winchester Olin 8ga. shells. They are loaded with a 3oz. slug of pure lead. Apparently, they used these to shoot "clinkers" on the inside of the kilns, or something like that. I have no idea what I'm going to do with these. |
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@ 04:30 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Some stuff I picked up....The 8ga. (left) compared to 12ga (ctr) and 10ga.
The guns that fire the 8ga. shells are not shoulder guns. |
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@ 10:37 am (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Some stuff I picked up....Hooley dooley mate look at that thing!I didn't know 8 gauge were modern enough to have factory made cartridges. I have seen some old 4 bore rifles being fired and they look like a dislocated shoulder waiting to happen. Most guys only shoot them once for a laugh but realise it's not that funny being assaulted by a rifle you're holding (even guys holding it properly get a proper smack from it). If you do manage to fire it off, film it for the rest of us. Otherwise maybe you could sell them on? I don't imagine 8 gauge ammo comes along very often. |
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@ 10:44 am (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Some stuff I picked up....So I did a bit of reading. I think it would be coal clinkers. The slag left over that forms like volcanic glass or ash. It gets in the air vents and other places and makes the kiln/boiler ineffecient. Perhaps the guys would shoot these to break them apart/off fixtures in the boiler? It wouldn't suprise me, they would be hell to remove with tools. |
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@ 01:03 pm (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Some stuff I picked up....That explanation is pretty close to what I was told by the gent I got them from. His recollection was a little fuzzy, so yours makes way more sense. You can see on the case where it says "industrial", definitely not a hunting load. Mind you that 3oz flat nosed slug would probably do some tissue damage. |
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@ 01:07 pm (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Some stuff I picked up....I made a deal with a customer just now to take all those rounds of 8ga. in exchange for an unknown quantity of factory ammo. I figured something useful is better than nothing, so sight unseen, I agreed. I don't remember, but my wife said he said most of it was German made. Should be interesting to see what shows up. |
@ 02:39 pm (GMT) |
Mike DavisRe: Some stuff I picked up.....8ga factory solids are indeed used for coal fired burners/boilers...after time a big ball of coke forms inside them and it has to be broken up...you have two choices,shut everything down and wait 2 days sort of time span for it to get cool enough to enter and get in and sledgehammer it apart then spend another day or so carefully reheating it back up again loosing a fair bit of production time OR you let it cool just enough to open door and have 2 guys work through an 8 hour shift on a breech fed .8ga cannon type set up shoot the begesuss out of it taking turns to load or fire... then just stoke her back up and get back to work.... |
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