ggibson511960
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When I was a kid we seemed to have a bunch of old paper shotgun shells, relics from depression era hoarding to put food on the table. My ancestors regularly hunted the duck roosts at night where one carefully placed shot at sitting (floating) ducks would feed the family for a while, sporting niceties suspended. These old hulls were swollen and corroded as paper shells were wont to do. We shot them for fun. Hangfires were common and kind of fun. We dared not open up a gun for a minute or two after a dud. I have fond memories of those old roll crimped paper shells. They smelled better after firing than plastic shells.