Estate sale buy of paper 12g hulls

sncup · November 2, 2016, 09:28 PM

In a package deal at an estate sale I bought a few hundred mostly high base paper shells (empty hulls). Winchester mark 5, Remington express extra long range, Federal. Canadian CIL. Both 2 ¾ and 3” hulls. The original shooter must have been a duck and goose hunter in the 50’s – 70’s.

I’m not sure what to do with all these empty paper hulls. Do they have any value to special groups ( SASS, reenactors, folks with old doubles that want to do vintage loading?? NOTE: these are empty hulls but can be reloaded.

Should I just toss them in the dumpster and stick with loading modern hulls?

The Remington hulls may use 57 size primers, making them more problematic.

Pathfinder45 · November 3, 2016, 12:00 AM

Vintage shotgun-shells for vintage shotguns. Get yourself an old model 12 Winchester and shoot some clays with that stuff. We can still use lead for upland game around here.

Snyper · November 4, 2016, 08:48 AM

I'd consider them worthless.
There are lots of good reasons why no one uses paper shells anymore.
They lost all their value when they were fired.

November 2, 2016, 09:28 PM	#1
sncup Junior Member Join Date: June 18, 2016 Location: by the river, Wisconsin Posts: 10	Estate sale buy of paper 12g hulls In a package deal at an estate sale I bought a few hundred mostly high base paper shells (empty hulls). Winchester mark 5, Remington express extra long range, Federal. Canadian CIL. Both 2 ¾ and 3” hulls. The original shooter must have been a duck and goose hunter in the 50’s – 70’s. I’m not sure what to do with all these empty paper hulls. Do they have any value to special groups ( SASS, reenactors, folks with old doubles that want to do vintage loading?? NOTE: these are empty hulls but can be reloaded. Should I just toss them in the dumpster and stick with loading modern hulls? The Remington hulls may use 57 size primers, making them more problematic. Last edited by sncup; November 3, 2016 at 12:15 PM.

November 4, 2016, 08:48 AM	#3
Snyper Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2013 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 3,047	I'd consider them worthless. There are lots of good reasons why no one uses paper shells anymore. They lost all their value when they were fired. __________________ One shot, one kill

November 3, 2016, 12:00 AM	#2
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Vintage shotgun-shells for vintage shotguns. Get yourself an old model 12 Winchester and shoot some clays with that stuff. We can still use lead for upland game around here.