✅ SOLVED Brass Bullet Shell Casing ID Help Needed

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Found this weekend up in the woods
I can't make out headstamp but I know there is writing
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It has 3 rings around casing
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There's no way that a 12 ga., it's sitting on a dime which is 17.9 mm, a 12 ga. is approximately 18.53 mm.

This is why I asked for measurement so at least we can start out with an accurate gauge or caliber in our guesses, since we're never going to be able to read the headstamp in that condition.
My apologies. You are 100% correct. I was looking at the brass and completely missed the coin, along with trying to give kids a bath. That’s a bit embarrassing.

Just went and got a .410 and laid it on a dime……it’s a .410

Most .410s are higher brass than normal 20s or 12s, so no telling other than likely a kid squirrel hunting 50+ yrs ago
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I see “SS” at the end which leads me to Remington express hi brass shells. Assuming 12 ga, no way of telling what was in the shell prior, but being hi brass likely meant #6 fine shot up to buckshot. Paper shell so prior to the 1970s
 

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I see “SS” at the end which leads me to Remington express hi brass shells. Assuming 12 ga, no way of telling what was in the shell prior, but being hi brass likely meant #6 fine shot up to buckshot. Paper shell so prior to the 1970s
There's no way that a 12 ga., it's sitting on a dime which is 17.9 mm, a 12 ga. is approximately 18.53 mm.

This is why I asked for measurement so at least we can start out with a accurate gauge or caliber in our guesses, since we're never going to be able to read the headstamp in that condition.
 

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There's no way that a 12 ga., it's sitting on a dime which is 17.9 mm, a 12 ga. is approximately 18.53 mm.

This is why I asked for measurement so at least we can start out with an accurate gauge or caliber in our guesses, since we're never going to be able to read the headstamp in that condition.
My apologies. You are 100% correct. I was looking at the brass and completely missed the coin, along with trying to give kids a bath. That’s a bit embarrassing.

Just went and got a .410 and laid it on a dime……it’s a .410

Most .410s are higher brass than normal 20s or 12s, so no telling other than likely a kid squirrel hunting 50+ yrs ago
 

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