HoughLePuff
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I have been hunting waterfowl along the coast of Texas on a small piece of public land for a couple of years. A lot of the time we have a lot of leftover shells that get rusty before the end of the day. Are these shells safe to shoot?
I have shot rusty shells the past few seasons without problems with my shotgun but my buddy who has a semi, had some problems. A couple of them would not fire. He didn't have any issues cycling the rusty shells but half of them would not fire. He did take a nasty spill in the marsh and I'm sure they were completely soaked.
Do you fire rusty shells? Do you clean the rust off your shells and how? When hunting brackish water are shells getting rusty pretty common? Thanks!
I have shot rusty shells the past few seasons without problems with my shotgun but my buddy who has a semi, had some problems. A couple of them would not fire. He didn't have any issues cycling the rusty shells but half of them would not fire. He did take a nasty spill in the marsh and I'm sure they were completely soaked.
Do you fire rusty shells? Do you clean the rust off your shells and how? When hunting brackish water are shells getting rusty pretty common? Thanks!