Thanks- I have beaucoup boxes of 12 and 20 gauge paper (WRA) hulls-I use them in my 2 Model 12 3" chambered shotguns, as I read I think from Brister, that the paper hulls and crimps patterned more openly and evenly in tightly chokes shotguns with longer chambers and forcing cones- I will remove the wooden factory plug from one of them soon, and see if it will hold 6 shells, and more importantly, feed them without flaw- I saw Herb Shoot at the Queen City Gun Club in the 1950's- what he could do with his Model 12- like Vladimar Horowitz on a Steinway Grand in Carnegie Hall- Wow--
Herb, like Jimmie Robinson, was a bit of a raccoon-tuner, and loved side bets- He won $50 from a gun club member and friend of my Dad's back then- Took off his Stetson, and put a Federal Paper Champion paper Trap load in the chamber of his M12-and bet he could shoot it into his hat without any damage. The "Mark" took the bait- Herb took off the barrel and magazine group with the paper hull protruding, placed it inside the Stetson, snicked off the safety, hit the trigger- and "poof"- 1 & 1/8" of 7&1/2 chilled lead shot rolled around harmlessly inside his Stetson. He took the money and smiled- then picked apart the deceased paper hull with his pocket knife- Would NOT try that stunt today with the plastic hulls extant.. RWTF
