shotgun cartridge match cases

[Tengu]

Got a bundle at the car boot.

how do I turn them into match cases?

 

[British Red]

Take the brass off one and shove it on the crimp of the other. Glue sandpaper to the side. Done.

 

[Clouston98]

I made a few recently. I heated the bottom of the brass of one with a match or two then yanked it clean from the plastic. Washed the soot off and then it fits on the other end. You can put a striker inside or glue one to the outside like Red said. You can make different sized ones if you cut the plastic down to length or use a different bore of shell .

 

[MartiniDave]

I did a tutorial on this a long time ago, way back just after the great flood , I think it's still on the main site somewhere, but Red's just about covered it.

Dave

 

[forrestdweller]

i gave up making them as all the shotgun shells i found have the bottoms rusting- seems they're made from steel(?) and just coated with brass (or something looking like brass)... maybe you folks in the UK have different ones?!

 

[MartiniDave]

Nope, same story here too for the most part, even some I've got dating back to the 50's & 60's. For a while Rotweil (spl) did some all-plastic cartridges, but I haven't seen those for years.

Dave

 

[Clouston98]

I did a tutorial on this a long time ago, way back just after the great flood , I think it's still on the main site somewhere, but Red's just about covered it.

Dave

Here is that very tutorial:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8241

 

[MartiniDave]

Thanks Cameron.

 

[Tengu]

Thanks guys, I was puzzled as to how to remove the cap

 

[British Red]

Put a blow lamp on it if you have one then pull apart with pliers or mole grips (because its hot)

 

[bb07]

I vaguely remember since it's been so long ago, probably 35 to 40 years, but I thought that a 16 gauge shell slides quite snugly into a 12, making another form of match case. Does anyone have both gauges to try?

 

[DavidJT]

20 fits into a 12 nicely, just a touch loose. Haven't tried 16

 

[santaman2000]

20 fits into a 12 nicely, just a touch loose.....

Loose enough to allow water in? Part of the point of having such a case (the major part in fact) is to keep the matches dry.

 

[DavidJT]

Quite snug with the addition of some electrical tape. Not The most aesthetic solution though.