COLLECTING SHOTSHELLS

In much of the Americas, sports persons speak and write of shotshells. In much of the rest of the world the same are called shotgun cartridges. Shot cartridges are another matter. They are metallic rifle and pistol cartridges (inch or metric) loaded with shot, in some instances for smooth bore barrels on rifle actions. Shot cartridges are not treated in this article. The term shotshells may be read shotgun cartridges by persons more comfortable with the latter… read more >