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As long as you guys like seeing some of these pinfire shotshell related things I'll keep posting them! I asked Dave to make a dedicated shotshell-related forum. These reducer tubes were made for various size guns to allow one to shoot smaller gauge shotshells. I imagine this was mainly an economic benefit for practice shooting, etc. 
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Where did you get them made?
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I didnt. I believe theyre relatively old.
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Aaron, thanks. What gauges do the tubes fit, and then what gauges do the tubes fire ? Lots of interesting accessories around the pinfire times as the breechloading experience was new and required tools that muzzleloaders did not.
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Hi Daryl;
The title of the post says 12ga->12mm pinfire reducer. I am not that up on them but are there more than one 12 mm pinfire chamberings.
Miller/TN
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Wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful!
I find it fantastic that even 150 years ago, avid shotgunners were fixated on economy.
I can just imagine the scion of modern Trapshooters devising this elegant way to lower his shooting costs.
Again, Well done! And Thank-You for sharing your collection here.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Miller, I missed the info in the title. Thanks. I just noticed that the reducers have a cut out at say 0 degrees and also 180 degrees for the pin . I wonder why the second cut out [recess].
Another thought, it looks like the 12mm shell pin sticks out of the reducer very little. That pin would have to go through the thickness of the breech wall, so I guess a reloaded 12mm shell might have to use a 12 ga. [or more] pin. Daryl
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 11/10/18 12:03 PM.
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What gauges do the tubes fit, and then what gauges do the tubes fire ? tubes fit in a 12g gun and accept a 12mm shell. 
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Another thought, it looks like the 12mm shell pin sticks out of the reducer very little. That pin would have to go through the thickness of the breech wall,  Indeed! They made 12mm and 14mm shells with extra long pins for this! Also this accepts rimmed and non-rimmed cartridges. There are also 12mm ball (pistol size) loads with extra long pins that could maybe go into something like this. I can't imagine it would be accurate at all though.
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Also maybe for 'garden loads" or bird collectors. Had a friend that collected small birds for U.S. National Museum and he used a lot of 9mm shotshells.
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