0 Guage Shot Shell...What's it For?

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Posted: 9/26/2015 9:47:37 AM EDT

I found this aluminum 0 GA shot shell at a yard sale this morning for .25 cents. It looks like it was never loaded. Marked 0 ga with a W under it and ink-stamped 0 GA For Shot Only on the side three times.

It fits in my M8 flare gun perfectly so it leads me to believe it's .mil in nature.

All I could find out is it may have been used in something like to a kiln gun to kill/drive birds off of air force bases but it's speculation.

Any ideas?

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:50:38 AM EDT

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Single shot Judge?

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:51:42 AM EDT

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Low flying planes?

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:56:14 AM EDT

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Yard sale? You should have offered them a dime for it.

I have no idea what it is for but I'd have bought it.

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:56:23 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/26/2015 9:56:24 AM EDT

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an opossum skinner?

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:58:41 AM EDT

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Probably one of those "shot shell on a stick" things they use to knock out plugs during metal smelting, ore refining, or in a blast furnace to break up "clinkers".

Posted: 9/26/2015 9:59:47 AM EDT

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punt gun ?

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:00:08 AM EDT

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Spring turkey season

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:04:48 AM EDT

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It's for loading into this 0 Gauge punt gun.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:05:31 AM EDT

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Black Friday at Walmart?

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:07:56 AM EDT

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Punt gun to get the whole flock

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:09:09 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/26/2015 10:11:38 AM EDT

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0 gauge doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Shotshell gauges are based on number of round lead balls to the pound. A 12 gauge has a bore diameter such that a lead round ball that just fits would weigh 1/12 of a pound. A 4 gauge would have a 1/4 pound round ball while a 1 gauge round ball would weigh in at one pound.

I suppose a 0 gauge might mean something bigger, but how much bigger? For if you continue with the formula, it would mean an infinitely heavy ball. It could possibly mean something like a 1-1/8 pound ball, or 1-1/4, or . . . . A 00 gauge would then go up in some increment, followed by a 000 gauge by that same increment.

What does is the inside diameter of the case measure? That would tell us what the increment over 1 pound is.

ETA: It is not for a punt gun. Those were outlawed around the time of the self contained cartridge became into being. Also, the case is aluminum which was not even thought of as a material while these big guns were legal.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:15:05 AM EDT

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Nice Very pistol. Used to have one and sold it when the box of flares my dad saved were gone. Used in WWII bombers to signal tower on approach. Hence the lugs on the barrel- fit into an opening in the top of the bomber then twisted in to lock it in place. Not fun to shoot handheld.

Is it marked "EVCC"?

Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.?

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:15:53 AM EDT

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Looks like a flare gun.........

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:17:10 AM EDT

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It's for loading into this 0 Gauge punt gun.

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Close. That is a wall-gun since it is muzzleloading.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:18:15 AM EDT

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Looks like a flare gun.........

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It does. But why does it say "For SHOT only" ?

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:34:48 AM EDT

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0 gauge doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Shotshell gauges are based on number of round lead balls to the pound. A 12 gauge has a bore diameter such that a lead round ball that just fits would weigh 1/12 of a pound. A 4 gauge would have a 1/4 pound round ball while a 1 gauge round ball would weigh in at one pound.

I suppose a 0 gauge might mean something bigger, but how much bigger? For if you continue with the formula, it would mean an infinitely heavy ball. It could possibly mean something like a 1-1/8 pound ball, or 1-1/4, or . . . . A 00 gauge would then go up in some increment, followed by a 000 gauge by that same increment.

What does is the inside diameter of the case measure? That would tell us what the increment over 1 pound is.

ETA: It is not for a punt gun. Those were outlawed around the time of the self contained cartridge became into being. Also, the case is aluminum which was not even thought of as a material while these big guns were legal.

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This. Browning A5s and bags of corn put the punt guns out of business pretty quick

For anyone interested The Outlaw Gunner is a pretty damn good book about market hunting on the Chesapeake back in the day.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:35:20 AM EDT

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0 gauge doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Shotshell gauges are based on number of round lead balls to the pound. A 12 gauge has a bore diameter such that a lead round ball that just fits would weigh 1/12 of a pound. A 4 gauge would have a 1/4 pound round ball while a 1 gauge round ball would weigh in at one pound.

I suppose a 0 gauge might mean something bigger, but how much bigger? For if you continue with the formula, it would mean an infinitely heavy ball. It could possibly mean something like a 1-1/8 pound ball, or 1-1/4, or . . . . A 00 gauge would then go up in some increment, followed by a 000 gauge by that same increment.

What does is the inside diameter of the case measure? That would tell us what the increment over 1 pound is.

ETA: It is not for a punt gun. Those were outlawed around the time of the self contained cartridge became into being. Also, the case is aluminum which was not even thought of as a material while these big guns were legal.

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Punt gun shells.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:40:12 AM EDT

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It does. But why does it say "For SHOT only" ?

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Looks like a flare gun.........

It does. But why does it say "For SHOT only" ?

Because loading a single projectile would blow the gun up.

The shell is a modern recreation of one that is no longer commercially available.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:57:40 AM EDT

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http://cutlerscove.com/neat-stuff/shotshells/shotshells-all-gauges.htm

well, part of the mystery solved, it's a larger diameter than 1 gauge.

Posted: 9/26/2015 10:58:35 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/26/2015 10:58:54 AM EDT

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Found this, don't know if accurate:

Winchester 0 Ga. Aluminum Shotshell Casing, "For Shot Only," Unused, Military Issue. This is one huge shotshell casing at 1 9/16" diameter x 3 13/16" tall. Headstamped 0GA W. Stenciled in red on 4 sides of the casing is "0 GA. FOR SHOT ONLY". These were used by the Air Force for clearing birds off airfields, and were in use from WWII until 1970 when they stopped using them and the government auctioned off the remaining supplies. Very unusual and unique item. Condition Very Good Plus.

Supposedly fired from a device like a kiln gun. Probably Wincherster gun and Western Cartridge.

Posted: 9/26/2015 11:00:04 AM EDT

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http://cutlerscove.com/neat-stuff/shotshells/shotshells-all-gauges.htm

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Is that it, 3rd from the right?

Posted: 9/26/2015 11:20:36 AM EDT

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would be interesting to know the velocity of the 1 lb load to calculate recoil. factoring in the weight of the firearm used.

Posted: 9/26/2015 1:51:55 PM EDT

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0 gauge doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Shotshell gauges are based on number of round lead balls to the pound. A 12 gauge has a bore diameter such that a lead round ball that just fits would weigh 1/12 of a pound. A 4 gauge would have a 1/4 pound round ball while a 1 gauge round ball would weigh in at one pound.

I suppose a 0 gauge might mean something bigger, but how much bigger? For if you continue with the formula, it would mean an infinitely heavy ball. It could possibly mean something like a 1-1/8 pound ball, or 1-1/4, or . . . . A 00 gauge would then go up in some increment, followed by a 000 gauge by that same increment.

What does is the inside diameter of the case measure? That would tell us what the increment over 1 pound is.

ETA: It is not for a punt gun. Those were outlawed around the time of the self contained cartridge became into being. Also, the case is aluminum which was not even thought of as a material while these big guns were legal.

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I've read where 0 gauge was sort of a catch-all for flare gun cartridges and other special use shells.

It fits perfectly my M8 so it's designed to work in some kind of a 37mm gun.

Posted: 9/26/2015 1:54:28 PM EDT

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Probably one of those "shot shell on a stick" things they use to knock out plugs during metal smelting, ore refining, or in a blast furnace to break up "clinkers".

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That's what I was thinking too.

Posted: 9/26/2015 2:11:16 PM EDT

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It's the perfect round for drones.

Posted: 9/26/2015 2:15:25 PM EDT

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Found this, don't know if accurate:

Winchester 0 Ga. Aluminum Shotshell Casing, "For Shot Only," Unused, Military Issue. This is one huge shotshell casing at 1 9/16" diameter x 3 13/16" tall. Headstamped 0GA W. Stenciled in red on 4 sides of the casing is "0 GA. FOR SHOT ONLY". These were used by the Air Force for clearing birds off airfields, and were in use from WWII until 1970 when they stopped using them and the government auctioned off the remaining supplies. Very unusual and unique item. Condition Very Good Plus.

Supposedly fired from a device like a kiln gun. Probably Wincherster gun and Western Cartridge.

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Thanks.