Here's a useful site for you to bookmark...

lordmarcovan

Headstamps on centerfire shotgun shells, with dating info, etc.

Maybe now I won't hate finding these so much, if I'm able to date them.

I found my "Robin Hood, 1903" shotgun shell in there. I kept that one because it was actually dated.

I might not be so fast to throw these out, now.

Geez, I just I dug one the other day.

I find as many vintage shotgun shell heads as I do pulltabs, I think. That's only a slight exaggeration, too. Truly, I do find almost as many of them as I do pulltabs. I don't dig a ton of pulltabs, though. I have gotten good at leaving them behind (and no doubt a few gold rings in the process, haha).

millennium

A very useful sight, thanks!.....I have a couple of the Union ones, dated from 1867-1911...Pretty neat!

ricko

I had not realized (and of course, I should have.. ) that there were collectors of these items. In fact, it looks like an interesting endeavour.... a hobby within a hobby.. (since I MD and shoot) it allows me to pursue another collection while doing both hobbies. Cheers, RickO

MPeter

I found these two last Fall around Allatoona Lake when the water level was real low. I put them in a bag and they sat in my garage until I read this post. I looked them up on that website and it appears as though they both date back to before 1934 when the companies bought each other out or combined.

millennium

I'm considering saving these now.....the thing is now, I probably won't find another one...LOL!

ricko

A little Brasso would help on those two... Cheers, RickO

kevinstang

Thanks lordmarcovan, will have to check out some of my past finds. I did a quick look from a pile of old finds made last fall and found one shell end:




If I'm reading the info right, that means this is a shell from prior to 1911 when the company merged with Remington, thought it looked old when I found it- now if I could just remember where exactly I found it!