noidurism

my friend has an old iver johnson single shot shotgun. he said it was made in 1906. the words are worn off the side and the only number on it is nx256. he said it is not a champion model and that it shot black powder shells. non of the shells made now fit in it right. we would like to shoot it because its in good shape. any info would be great. thanks

Semisane

It's fairly easy (though time consuming) to reload a handful of shotgun shells with black powder loads for an old gun noidurism, even without shotshell reloading tools.

I've done it by hand with just a small steel rod to punch out the old primer, gently tapped in a new primer with a wood block and hammer, dumped in about 80 grains of black powder, seated a shot cup or wad with a wood dowel, added an equal amount of shot, and folded the crimp by hand and sealed it with candle wax.

The question is, why won't the shells made now fit it? You didn't say what gauge the gun is. It could be that the gun is a 16 GA and you tried fitting 12 GA shells in it. You might try Googling shotgun forums to get more help.

deer655

The best shotgun site i have ever found is Shotgunworld.com. They are good folks and there is probably a section on Iver Johnson.I bet someone there could tell you exactly where to get blackpowder shells for your gun.

noidurism

thanks for your help