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inch and a halfers?

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Topic: inch and a halfers?

Posted By: jsgbearpaws1
Subject: inch and a halfers?
Date Posted: 05 December 2017 at 07:34

Anyone ever used them or loaded them to see whats possible?

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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!

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Posted By: BEAR
Date Posted: 05 December 2017 at 08:13

Years ago (64) I loaded some, for training dogs. We called them poppers. paper case/paper wad/ wax crimp seal ove creal of wheat.

For lightweight carry witth the dogs, we carried single barrel 12ga....then only a wimp carried a 20ga.

Some company actually made a case length cutter for shotgun shells; I used a dowel and a single edge razor blade.

I don't know what was accomplished by all that work; just a dumb kids horsing around.

Posted By: Irish Bird Dog
Date Posted: 05 December 2017 at 21:16

Never used the "shorties" but seen them for sale/advertised....made in mexico maybe????

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Irish Bird Dog

NRA Life/Endowment

2nd Amendment Supporter

Posted By: jsgbearpaws1
Date Posted: 06 December 2017 at 07:27

Yup, Aguilla.

Was looking at the KSG-25 and it says it holds forty shorties. Thinking for a 3-gun rig with some DIY loads, might be interesting. Maybe patch wads and switch to a different propellant to get the speed up?

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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!

Posted By: Irish Bird Dog
Date Posted: 06 December 2017 at 07:33

KSG-25 not cheap...

https://www.keltecweapons.com/shotguns/ksg-25" rel="nofollow - https://www.keltecweapons.com/shotguns/ksg-25

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Irish Bird Dog

NRA Life/Endowment

2nd Amendment Supporter

Posted By: BEAR
Date Posted: 06 December 2017 at 08:07

seems to me that you give up a lot of shot weight and velocity. I doubt that two 1.5" shells have anywhere near the shot weight or energy of one 3" shell.

Posted By: jsgbearpaws1
Date Posted: 06 December 2017 at 15:10

5/8 oz is the heavy load with them. Thinking nitro patch and 1oz of 7 1/2's, the powder charge is the issue. 3-gun is clays and knock downs. I doubt I wanna shoot a thousand 3 inchers in an afternoon plus the AR and pistol. I want to do this for fun and proficiency, that wouldn't be fun.

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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!

Posted By: jsgbearpaws1
Date Posted: 01 September 2020 at 04:09

Seems Paul Harrell has tried some out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_AdP7VoxQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_AdP7VoxQ

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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!