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randy1 10-06-2012 01:20:54 70.194.8.65 Report to Moderator	Anyone know why they went from paper to plastic shotgun shells? seems the green weenies would prefere the paper for the enviroment [Reply]   [No Email]
Teddy (punchie) 10-06-2012 08:39:28 74.98.59.127 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to randy1, 10-06-2012 01:20:54   Reloading; base of the case swells to if moister get in the empty. Paper Casings can plug the re-loader's (sizing die) if it walls starting to fall apart. The rest have been talked about. Federal was still making them a few years ago, I got a pile of them around in boxes or bags. [Reply]  [No Email]
Tony in Mass. 10-06-2012 07:06:41 76.127.225.182 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to randy1, 10-06-2012 01:20:54   You needed to carry 2 guns on a rainy day. As soon as they got damp, never mind wet, you needed a 10 gauge to shoot 12 gauge shells. Hand loaders could get more milage out of plastic too. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bret4207 10-06-2012 04:46:46 64.19.90.196 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to randy1, 10-06-2012 01:20:54   Plastic has fewer issues. I have a lot of old paper shells. I love the smell and d feel and the look. But, they need to be kept very dry, out of the sun, stored well, etc. Mice will eat them. Plastic is just easier to deal with. That being said, I never personally had issues with them. [Reply]  [No Email]
donjr 10-06-2012 03:53:50 72.71.177.74 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to randy1, 10-06-2012 01:20:54   It took too many trees to make the paper shells and the beavers were starving to death. It was the greenies that complained first, as usual..... [Reply]  [No Email]
Kent Petersen 10-06-2012 06:54:43 209.62.234.145 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to donjr, 10-06-2012 03:53:50   plastic shells came out long before the greens started to cry about everthing [Reply]  [No Email]
John in Md 10-06-2012 02:11:43 75.243.177.162 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to randy1, 10-06-2012 01:20:54   You must not remember shells getting wet and not chambering because they swelled. Paper shells were one of the reasons we all shot doubles. [Reply]  [No Email]
36 coupe 10-06-2012 04:05:41 66.186.169.176 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to John in Md, 10-06-2012 02:11:43   Paper shells have a wax coating that prevent chamber rust.Steel head shells stick in chambers of guns with extractors.Paper shells reload easier.Ill use paper over plastic. [Reply]  [No Email]
John in Md 10-06-2012 05:59:20 75.197.10.204 Report to Moderator	Re: paper vs plastic shotgun shells in reply to 36 coupe, 10-06-2012 04:05:41   I get more loads out of plastic hulls than paper and plastic crimps just look better. Wax coating was as good as any at that time, but moisture still seemed to get inside. The roll crimped were the worst but the 6 or 8 point crimp also let in moisture. [Reply]  [No Email]