. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. August 19, 1899] ®ir* gvee&ev axa> gtpixvtstn<t*u 121 Effect of Primers on Shells. This subject has received the attention and discussion of many of our sportsmen prior to and daring the present deer shootine season. The following statement by a writer in Shooting and Fishing 'u interesting to the degree that it, to a a certain extent adds a new phase to the subjectâit has been generally supposed that all brass shells, when fired with smokeless powder, quickly deteriorated and became worthless for reloading. This opinion has been assiduously cultivat
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. August 19, 1899] ®ir* gvee&ev axa> gtpixvtstn<t*u 121 Effect of Primers on Shells. This subject has received the attention and discussion of many of our sportsmen prior to and daring the present deer shootine season. The following statement by a writer in Shooting and Fishing 'u interesting to the degree that it, to a a certain extent adds a new phase to the subjectâit has been generally supposed that all brass shells, when fired with smokeless powder, quickly deteriorated and became worthless for reloading. This opinion has been assiduously cultivated bv certain ammunition manufacturers and also by one of the repeating arms manafacturing companies which tags each gun with a guarantee disclaiming any responsibil- ity for mishaps or break downs unless ammunition is used that is made by the same company who m^de and sold the gun. "Experiments with nitro primers indicate that the mercury in the priming composition does cause brittleness in brass shells when fired with high pressure powder, or wheo snapped into the empty shell, but that it has no appreciable effect when black powder is used. I would add that it has little effect, if any, when low pressure nitro is used. I have a batch of about sixty .30-40 shells from which nearly one thousand rounds have been fired, the load being from 20 to 10 grains weight of Dn Pool's No. 1 Nitro powder, 2\ W primer and a jacketed bullet. The firing has been done at intervals of weeks and months. During these intervals the shells have lain uncleaned. Only five or six shells have given out, and they showed only slight longi- tudinal crack in neck or shoulder. From one of these shells that had been in use nearly a year, and had been fired with the above charge fully fifteen limes, I recently fired in one day sixty rounds of 12 grains weight of Da Pout's No. I and a 169-grain lead Duller. It seems as sound a? aver. Note that in the latter case the shell was only about half full, leavi
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