Trading shotshell primers equitably.....

[ApacheCoTodd]

I just came into 1,500 shotshell primers at an estate sale but don't load shotshells.

A pal has a passel of all primers available for trading.

Given the state of things these days, what do most think the exchange rate for them ought to be agains both small pistol and small rifle primers?

Primarily, small rifle.

Todd.

 

[Demi-human]

A friend? 1.5:1.
(That’s hard to read. A straight trade for a thousand and give them five hundred for free.)

An acquaintance? More like 2:1.

A stranger would be more like, 1+1+4:1.
(The plus ones could be arms, legs, or children.)

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

A friend? 1.5:1.
(That’s hard to read. A straight trade for a thousand and give them five hundred for free.)

An acquaintance? More like 2:1.

A stranger would be more like, 1+1+4:1.
(The plus ones could be arms, legs, or children.)

I can see the 1.5:1 as he is indeed a friend and being more than a *pal* as I use the word.

More so as he doesn't *need* the shots hell primers whereas I feel more in need of small-rifle.

Maybe I'll throw in a knife too... and some beers

Todd

 

[Speedo66]

Rogue chickens?

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Rogue chickens?

Never!

Chickens are for fryin'.... they ain't for tradin'!

That'd be like trying to get a walleye off my hands.

Todd.

 

[George P]

1 for 1 would be equitable - those 209s have no value to you in and of themselves, so trade them for the ones you want.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Get an inline muzzleloader?

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Get an inline muzzleloader?

Not yet - but I did see something that I didn't get into about using them of converting to use them.

Is it standard with in-lines?

Todd.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Not yet - but I did see something that I didn't get into about using them of converting to use them.

Is it standard with in-lines?

Todd.

It is standard with inlines made in last 15-20 years except in states where it is prohibited such as WA, OR, and ID. In that case a musket cap is generally used and the primer has to be open to the elements so no closed breech MLs there either.

Of course other areas of the country vary.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

It is standard with inlines made in last 15-20 years except in states where it is prohibited such as WA, OR, and ID. In that case a musket cap is generally used and the primer has to be open to the elements so no closed breech MLs there either.

Of course other areas of the country vary.

I had no idea that that class of hunting could be so complex. Seems quite ironic, no?

Todd.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I had no idea that that class of hunting could be so complex. Seems quite ironic, no?

Todd.

I suppose so. With enthusiasm for a given topic, also comes the desire to push its boundaries. Hence, muzzleloaders that look like modern rifles not so much like a Pennsylvania rifle. Sometimes statutes are the very thing that push evolution of any given paradigm. Shotgun zones prompted specialized slug shooting shotguns. Some even have rifled barrels.

When muzzleloading laws were worded such that essentially any firearm could be used as long as it was not a self contained cartridge and loaded from the muzzle, the floodgates were opened for a few outside the box thinkers. Even muzzleloaders that used smokeless powder were legal in many areas just because of the way the law was written. Even Mossberg had an inline muzzleloader barrel that would attach to a 500 receiver. Pretty ingenious and I would like to find one of them one day.

Eventually, the spirit of the law is lost...so they are rewritten and become more complicated.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

I suppose so. With enthusiasm for a given topic, also comes the desire to push its boundaries. Hence, muzzleloaders that look like modern rifles not so much like a Pennsylvania rifle. Sometimes statutes are the very thing that push evolution of any given paradigm. Shotgun zones prompted specialized slug shooting shotguns. Some even have rifled barrels.

When muzzleloading laws were worded such that essentially any firearm could be used as long as it was not a self contained cartridge and loaded from the muzzle, the floodgates were opened for a few outside the box thinkers. Even muzzleloaders that used smokeless powder were legal in many areas just because of the way the law was written. Even Mossberg had an inline muzzleloader barrel that would attach to a 500 receiver. Pretty ingenious and I would like to find one of them one day.

Eventually, the spirit of the law is lost...so they are rewritten and become more complicated.

Damn Americans.... Always gotta color outside the lines and operate in the margins!

Ain't it great?

Todd.