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Old December 5, 2012, 07:39 AM   #1
sharpeyes
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45-70 Shotgun Shells

I own a very elegant, single barrel fowling shotgun. This little woman’s partridge gun was made in Spain, probably in the 1930’s and appears to be chambered to use 45-70 brass reloaded into shotgun shells. Apparently, empty 45-70 brass was plentiful in Spain at the time.
Smaller 410 shells work but because they are too small the brass splits and the shell needs to be pushed out.
I have made shells for this gun from 45-70 brass filled with the load from a .410 shell. This is the right size shell, but the head is a little too thick and works only with “adjustments”.
My question is – Has anyone ever heard of this before? Was there (or is there) a commercial source for shotgun shells in this size?
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