Re: [DL] water and ammunition

["Andrew Greeson" <tattoos@triad.rr.com>]

Thats true many cases in the early 1900's rifle as well were made of steel,
i have quite a few military surplus rounds that are made like this. Shotgun
rounds of any metal or plastic can be reloaded as ther is no case sizing
neeed, Rifle and pistol on the  other hand are mad to much tighter
tolerances and require soft metal for reloading purposes, thus the brass,
stell cartridges are not reloadable.

Andrew

> Shotgun cartridge casings were also made out of metals other than brass.
I
> "inherited" a spent 12 gauge cartridge from my grandfather made out of
some
> silvery and quite durable metal, clearly not brass.  Admittedly, the
casing
> was made by Holland & Holland so it was obviously British "luxury"
> ammunition mostly likely produced within the last 40-odd years.
>     The other factor to remember with regards to Old West metallic
> cartridges, is that some were designed to be re-used after being fired.
> This obviously is a possibility for sadistic Marshals to inflict all kinds
> of misery on would-be penny pinchers.  ;-)
>           Daniel Gwyn