Ive herd in several old western type movies of the sherriff loading up his shotgun shells with silver dimes
Yes sir, and when younger watching the old Roy Rodgers westerns....now dont quote me on this....Roy was able to get 7,8,9,10 shots or more out of his ol Colt SAA.


Sadly enough even today TV and Hollywood dont always portray shooting/firearms related stuff accurately.....and there are some that see on the big screen and think it must be true.[:@]
As Vapodog has stated...I too know of a few guys that "ring" their shells(cutting the case above the brass on a shotshell with a knife) for fun. While this will work in a pinch if a slug type projectile is needed, they do not do your tightly choked gun any good as they do not compress as well as a wad with shot does. I for one would'nt do it.