No. Most if then were once fired when I received them. They have not been fired more than five times. Thrice is probably correct.
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You speak of these cases as received 1 x shot, are the second hand cases? If so can we then agree that these cases could then be almost any number of times shot.

I wasn't criticizing the venerable old lady just noting how easy we have it nowadays.
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We do have it easy.  I would not want to hunt any dangerous game with a smokepole! 
I guess the old guys had a lot more guts than I.

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If you read the old accounts, you will realise that they were happy to be at the leading edge of firearms at the times they were living in. If you read of the purchase of the weapons and their use you get the conclusion that at that time they were feeling no less equipped than any man today using a 458 Win Mag. Just what they had and it worked to a extend and had its limitations, nothing more or less.
You never read that they were disappointed or stated how pathetic their weapons were, though you did read of recoil and wet powder etc 

Quote from: Krazong on Today at 01:34 PMHi there

I think it would be nice if we can have a forum dedicated to firearm  / ammo collectors.
I know there are not a lot of us out there, but we are a lot more dedicated than the average firearm owner.

I can post the first article in there about the difference between the Russian AKM vs the Norinco Type 56.

Although I do not collect ammunition, I have always been the one to worry at a piece of ammunition I do not know.I just have to find out what it is and what its history is.

Hi there

I think it would be nice if we can have a forum dedicated to firearm  / ammo collectors.
I know there are not a lot of us out there, but we are a lot more dedicated than the average firearm owner.

I can post the first article in there about the difference between the Russian AKM vs the Norinco Type 56.

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I wasn't criticizing the venerable old lady just noting how easy we have it nowadays.
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We do have it easy.  I would not want to hunt any dangerous game with a smokepole! 
I guess the old guys had a lot more guts than I.

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Quote from: Treeman on Apr 19, 2024, 03:23 PMMy Quick Load packed up - I miss it.

Still available for purchase in US$

QuickLOAD V3.9

or GBP

QuickLOAD Ballistic Software

Unless you are in Germany - and contact the author / developer of the program

Hartmut G. Brömel

Why not try GRT .. Gordon's Reloading Tool - FREE ..in some respects better than QL

GRT

Usere Manual and Handbook

Tutorials on JARACAL

GRT Gordon's Reloading Tool Community

Quickload vs Gordon Reloading Tool

Quote from: Treeman on May 03, 2024, 08:17 PMseems we all have about same "google only" on this matter, did not even know of them till you mentioned them.

There are many weird and wonderful things - that fly under the "radar"
As wonderful as Google is - it only goes so far - for normal mortals
One needs to be - on the need to know list - before the weird and wonderful become apparent !

Quote from: Krazong on May 03, 2024, 08:16 PMWell, the British hunted all kinds of dangerous game with the Bess.  Lions included.

It was one of the longest military service guns in history.

I wasn't criticizing the venerable old lady just noting how easy we have it nowadays.