Loading cremation ashes into shotgun cartridges

ion

ion

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A good friend who spent his life shooting, and eating the results, has recently died. He has expressed a desire to have his ashes incorporated into cartridges and used by his friends in a couple of his favourite shooting locations.
So far Google has only given me American references. I have heard stories of it happening in UK. Is anybody aware of a company that provides this service?
I know it can be done with fireworks as I expect to be launching my late brother's ashes of a cliff in St Agnes, Cornwall next weekend. (Coastguard permitting!)
 
I don't know about anyone providing this service as part of their business. I suppose you could approach some companies that produce cartridges though. I wonder what they might say. But really, you might be better off just finding someone who loads their own cartridges and doing a deal with them. Which might not be that easy, I don't think there's that many people who load their own shotgun cartridges. But who knows? Maybe there's one or two on here, or maybe someone who knows someone.
 
ion said:
A good friend who spent his life shooting, and eating the results, has recently died. He has expressed a desire to have his ashes incorporated into cartridges and used by his friends in a couple of his favourite shooting locations.
So far Google has only given me American references. I have heard stories of it happening in UK. Is anybody aware of a company that provides this service?
I know it can be done with fireworks as I expect to be launching my late brother's ashes of a cliff in St Agnes, Cornwall next weekend. (Coastguard permitting!)
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Just un-pick the crimp take the shot out and replace with the Ash and re crimp.
 
Tim.243 said:
Just un-pick the crimp take the shot out and replace with the Ash and re crimp.
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That's basically one of the suggestions I found on Google
I think the old boy was under the impression that that the shot would remain in the cartridge, and that he would have a last chance at snipe and woodcock on his home ground in Ireland . (With us the ban on lead shot is location not species related).
He died in UK and the cremation will take place there. I presume that whatever the circumstances only a portion of the ashes will be required.
 
ion said:
That's basically one of the suggestions I found on Google
I think the old boy was under the impression that that the shot would remain in the cartridge, and that he would have a last chance at snipe and woodcock on his home ground in Ireland . (With us the ban on lead shot is location not species related).
He died in UK and the cremation will take place there. I presume that whatever the circumstances only a portion of the ashes will be required.
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Well take half the shot out or a 1/3rd......
 
Clay and game reloading have done this in the past If you don’t get any luck there I could reload some cartridges for you , if you do contact C&G you need to speak to Steven Dales mention me Derek you should be good to go
 
A well respected member of a club l belong to requested similar treatment, the result was a 50 cal muzzle loader provided the opportunity to spread his ashes over the complete club grounds, his family and friends were so pleased with the result.
 
It was done for the late Scott Wilson who worked out of Holt's premises at Wolferton. Out of a pair of guns made by his own, late, father. Me? I've shot all my life but it isn't something I'd want done with me.
 
ion said:
A good friend who spent his life shooting, and eating the results, has recently died. He has expressed a desire to have his ashes incorporated into cartridges and used by his friends in a couple of his favourite shooting locations.
So far Google has only given me American references. I have heard stories of it happening in UK. Is anybody aware of a company that provides this service?
I know it can be done with fireworks as I expect to be launching my late brother's ashes of a cliff in St Agnes, Cornwall next weekend. (Coastguard permitting!)
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A lovely idea.....but you do know how many cartridges will be required? I was surprised when I picked up my Dads ashes and realised that it was quite an amount! However it did leave us with a nice problem of where to leave bits of him which would have made him chuckle! It would have been quite something to have loaded a couple of cartridges with some of the ashes....
 
opticron1 said:
A lovely idea.....but you do know how many cartridges will be required? I was surprised when I picked up my Dads ashes and realised that it was quite an amount! However it did leave us with a nice problem of where to leave bits of him which would have made him chuckle! It would have been quite something to have loaded a couple of cartridges with some of the ashes....
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10 or 15 friends by 5 or 10 cartridges is my guess.
My brothers ashes were divided into 3. One for the family plot in Ireland, and the other two are with his widow. I presume some of the weight is in the containers.
I hope that the balance of my friends ashes will go in the grave. Failing that I will suggest that we tip them out on his favourite snipe bog. Having checked wind strength and direction first.
 
ion said:
Having checked wind strength and direction first.
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A friend's Father died, and they took his ashes up to the top of some mountain in Wales.

My friend (not a particularly religious man), said as they threw the ashes, the wind caught them, span them into a circle and then took them away.

Even he, thought it was 'special'.
 
ion said:
A good friend who spent his life shooting, and eating the results, has recently died. He has expressed a desire to have his ashes incorporated into cartridges and used by his friends in a couple of his favourite shooting locations.
So far Google has only given me American references. I have heard stories of it happening in UK. Is anybody aware of a company that provides this service?
I know it can be done with fireworks as I expect to be launching my late brother's ashes of a cliff in St Agnes, Cornwall next weekend. (Coastguard permitting!)
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Contact Ben at Kynamco,
I no longer work there but it’s something I did in one occasion when I did!
 
Fosbery Holster said:
A well respected member of a club l belong to requested similar treatment, the result was a 50 cal muzzle loader provided the opportunity to spread his ashes over the complete club grounds, his family and friends were so pleased with the result.
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That’s absolutely class. 🫡.
 
willie_gunn said:
Mrs G is under strict instructions to tip my ashes into my favourite pool on my favourite salmon river in Scotland.

My guess is that they may instead end up on shelf next to the bedroom window, alongside those of our past gundogs!
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My old barber Pete was a keen fresh water angler. His biggest love was fishing for Bream in the Huntspill River here in Somerset.
When he passed away his wish was to have his ashes mixed with a load of groundwater and distributed in the river.
His wish was granted.
 
Auzzle loader would be ideal. Perhaps get in touch with a black powder muzzle loader enthusiast. There is a group who take a day on a shoot I beat on. You could then add as much or little of the ashes as you went about the distribution, assuming you could make the necessary arrangements to have access to the muzzle loader at the desired shooting locations!
 
mallettn said:
Auzzle loader would be ideal. Perhaps get in touch with a black powder muzzle loader enthusiast. There is a group who take a day on a shoot I beat on. You could then add as much or little of the ashes as you went about the distribution, assuming you could make the necessary arrangements to have access to the muzzle loader at the desired shooting locations!
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My late friends brother shoots a muzzle loading side by side. 15 odd years ago he handed it his nephew to fire off at the end of the day. The light was going, and sheets of flaming bog paper went into the air. Very spectacular, until they floated down to the ground and set fire to the dead grass at the edge of the cut away bog!
 
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