[Hunter_S]

Is it possible to make a shot gun shell out of a very dense wood given that it is dried, and the maker is fairly good with a lathe and have a copper ring/ cap on the back? Maybe out of pluming pipes, copper/ pvc, if you were to obtain a tube that was the right outside diameter, would it be possible. Just asking in case "big brother" decides that we shouldn't have any more ammo.

Thanks~
Hunter S.

[c3shooter]

No. That is the short version. Long version- shell expands against walls of the chamber briefly on firing, then retracts slightly to extract. They have been made of paper, brass, aluminum, and plastic. I even have a couple of ALL plastic shells in my collection. But it has to be the RIGHT plastic- PVC will not have the malleability, nor would wood. But metal, yes.