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67galaxie
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 8:37 pm  Reply with quote



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I have come across a big lot of 16 western x paper shells and would love some advice on storage until bird season starts back. All boxes are perfect and shells flawless. Dove and quail are going to hate them!
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:29 pm  Reply with quote
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Storage, ziplock bags with a bit of desiccant in each bag.

Enjoy the hunting with these, what fun, what fun

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:38 pm  Reply with quote
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Best thing to do is send them to ME for storage. I live in the desert SW. And I can parcel them out to you as needed.

Whatever's left! Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 4:23 pm  Reply with quote
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A big lot you say? Sounds like an addiction may develop. Smelling those paper hulls after firing. Oh my!

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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:18 pm  Reply with quote
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If they get dried out and a little brittle, you can heat them in the oven at low heat for a few minutes to re-distribute the wax in the paper.

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67galaxie
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:20 pm  Reply with quote



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Thanks for the tip Jagd!
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Jagdhund
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:36 pm  Reply with quote
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67galaxie wrote:
Thanks for the tip Jagd!


You're welcome. I got that either from the original manual that Lee put out with the first Lee Loaders or maybe from one of the old Lyman manuals. And as mentioned already, there is nothing like the smell of fired paper hulls.

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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 10:08 am  Reply with quote



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67galaxie wrote:
Thanks for the tip Jagd!


That's what I do, the oven treatment.
They do cause me to loose hunting time, cause every time I pull one or two out of a O/U or SxS I have to take time to smell it. Very Happy
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df wrote:
67galaxie wrote:
Thanks for the tip Jagd!


That's what I do, the oven treatment.
They do cause me to loose hunting time, cause every time I pull one or two out of a O/U or SxS I have to take time to smell it. Very Happy


Laughing It takes me back to being 12 years old and watching my dad clean his Model 12 and that combination of powder aroma and Hoppe's No. 9.

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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:02 pm  Reply with quote
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Of all the smells I remember from my childhood, Hoppes #9 stands out the most.
Paper hulls, the smell was fleeting but Hoppes #9 lingered.

I still use it, and love it. Wink

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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:40 pm  Reply with quote



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I told my wife if she used hoppes #9 when she was a teenager we would have been married 53 years instead of 51. hoppes#9 to a hunter is like doe sent to a buck dear. Can't resist the oder.
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16gaDavis
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was trying to unplastic some rollers as a project . took some #9 to work and discretely tried some for the project b4 work started ... had everyone in the office come over and ask if they should call security (this a chemical/explosion bldg.) . except for one guy who was a bird hunter , who came over and reminecsed bout the great smell !! forget the spelling , the machine is having a stroke .

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