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Old 06-13-2017, 08:25 PM
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Can anyone here date these? They're 2 1/2-1-6.

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Alcan was a joint project between S&W and Fiocchi. I've never seen their shot shells! But I would GUESS 1970's.

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I started getting them in the late 60's
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I used Alcan shotshell wads reloading 20 ga in 1964 with my Lee loader.
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Alcan (E Alton,Illinois) Made shotshells starting in 1951. Also made reloading components, wads, primers empty hulls, ect. They imported smokeless powder and marketed it under their name and a simple number system attached to it.
I still have a good supply of Alcan #5 and #8 that I load occasionally with older data still available.

The short 2 1/2" 16ga shells are probably from the early days production till the early 60's when standard 2 3/4" 16ga loads and chamberings pretty much were the norm in commercial off the rack offerings.
2 3/4" 16ga shells were the USA industry standard earlier on but foreign guns with the shorter chamberings and older US guns still in use kept a demand for the 2 1/2 and 2 9/16" length 16ga shells for quite a while.

'Short 16's' are still commercially loaded in the US by RST and others that cater to the vintage shotgun shooter market. They generally use Cheddite hulls & primers.
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I'd say your box is from around the mid-1960s. I have one box of 12 Ga. which is identical, but in a little better condition.
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After 1962 as it has a child warning on the box which was standard after that year.
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