old 20 gage shot gun shell 1887-1934???

[Kanyontreasures]

old peters 20 gage shot gun shell(peters ran from 1887-1934)
found it at an old native American camp
nothing much some trash ready to find some thing good.

if any one knows any thing about it let me know!!


thanks for looking.

 

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[Slipperyjack47]

this one is probably from 1900 to 1930ish, it was a paper shell as it has all rotted away but can still see some of the old paper material inside the jacket. nice find of a piece of american history!


Slipperyjack47

 

[crazyjarhead]

I have found many of old shot shells. I just type into yahoo old shotgun shell types, etc. and it will bring up all types and makes.

 

[SkyPirate]

Now were talking, that's a great find! I love to find those old shotgun shells! Around here they are all corroded from the elements. That one is in very good condition. Keep searching that area, there has got to be some good stuff there!

 

[battlecat]

http://www.antiquemystique.com/pages/9184_jpg.htm


Thats what they would have looked like

 

[Indianhead Jones]

You might find this link interesting, Kanyon!

http://www.rbs0.com/shotshell.htm

Larry G.

 

[Sniffy]

Man, If I had a quarter for each one of these I found! SHotgun shells are a pain, but pretty cool when you come across the 19th century ones....

 

[kuger]

Man, If I had a quarter for each one of these I found! SHotgun shells are a pain, but pretty cool when you come across the 19th century ones....

Amen to that!!!!I hate them like most hate pull tabs!!!!In the early 1900's they used to have competition Blue Jay hunts here and they are EVERYWHERE!!!!

 

[Toby1858]

It seems like the nitro club ones were the most popular, seeing as though the woods are littered with them! They give off such a good signal and when I first see the ring in the dirt I think WOO HOO!! old coin! There kind of a bummer, but I dont no anything about shotgun caps!

 

[stefen]

I was still buying Peters in the mid 60's...

The brass remained unchanged from inception till manufacturing ceased prior to 1970.

 

[Don in SJ]

Here is a nice site I have used over the years for Shotgun casings.

http://members.shaw.ca/cartridge-corner/shotgun.htm

Don

 

[stefen]

I was still buying Peters in the mid 60's...

The brass remained unchanged from inception till manufacturing ceased prior to 1970.

THIS..

They used that for a LONG time..

The real indicator on the OPs shell is the paper hull...

That puts somewhere before the 1960s..... (just off hand without looking at my references)

Paper has been around long before 1960...

Long before I was kicking the slats out of my cradle

 

[stefen]

 

[Kanyontreasures]

thanks for all the links!! it really helps me!!

that is really weird you were buying them in the 60s cause all my research says that the company ran from 1887-1934. maybe a store bought a pallet or two and still had boxes??

 

[stefen]

thanks for all the links!! it really helps me!!

that is really weird you were buying them in the 60s cause all my research says that the company ran from 1887-1934. maybe a store bought a pallet or two and still had boxes??

I'll bet I still have a few Peters 22 Cal in my cleaning tackle box...

The Peters Company was sold in 1934, and changed hands several times and each new owner manufactured using the old established name...

I always thought the symbol looked like a race car