Any advice on preparing live shotgun cartridges for a display board.

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As per title.
Have been sorting out some stuff , didn’t realise how many different old shotgun cartridges I had amassed over many decades. Must be getting old and nostalgic, brought a smile to my face, some brands i had completely forgotten about, fond memories.
Surprising how many variants of the Eley Grand Prix I found.
Therefore thought it would be good idea to make up some cartridge display boards for the walls of my orifice , not sure on how to deactivate live cartridges for display.
Any advice greatly received.
 
Damn it had I known I’ve got some really random vintage obscure 16 bore cartridges I’d have given to add to your collection!! (Sorry no idea how you could deactivate them other than the obvious of putting them through a gun!)
 
Covert said:
As per title.
Have been sorting out some stuff , didn’t realise how many different old shotgun cartridges I had amassed over many decades. Must be getting old and nostalgic, brought a smile to my face, some brands i had completely forgotten about, fond memories.
Surprising how many variants of the Eley Grand Prix I found.
Therefore thought it would be good idea to make up some cartridge display boards for the walls of my orifice , not sure on how to deactivate live cartridges for display.
Any advice greatly received.
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Pick the crimpled end open (people pull heads from live rounds) and tip the shot out then pick the powder card and tip it.
roll a bit of cardboard the right length so the crimp will have a face to go against and dab of hot glue.
 
I have seen a display board where each cartridge has a small hole on the board side where the powder had been removed,

not seen when glued to the backing board,
 
The easiest method which I use on centrefire rounds and shotgun cartridges is to drill a small hole in the case just above the brass and empty out the powder. I usually put a wee drop of light oil or cleaning fluid in to kill the primer although as some primers are protected with varnish this may not actually do much. To be honest if there's no powder in the case the primer alone is not going to do much harm anyway.
 
We are often warned not to get oil on primers.

I did an experiment once with LR primers and differ oils, a 24 hour soak and most went off to an extent.
 
Tim.243 said:
Pick the crimpled end open (people pull heads from live rounds) and tip the shot out then pick the powder card and tip it.
roll a bit of cardboard the right length so the crimp will have a face to go against and dab of hot glue.
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isnt head seperation a sign of brass failing?
 
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