Vintage shotshells

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[onmilo]

Yevgenz, How restricted was the hunting and shooting scene in Soviet countries at the time these shells were made and offered??

[yevgenz]

@onmilo

What I will say is basing only on what I heard from older people, may not be 100% true. In the pre-war and after war time it was possible to buy a shotgun and hunt officially for ordinary people. They say that a shotgun could be bought without a permit, like a loaf of bread. In the 1960s shotguns became strictly regulated and only a member of the Communist party could own a shotgun and a hunting permit. In the 1970s it became possible to own a rifle.

[314299]

Very interesting! Thank you for showing those old Soviet era shells. "Azot" shells were sold here in Canada in the 1970's and possibly into the early 1980's, they came in boxes of ten shells with the paper boxes packed into a metal case. I have a couple of the fired hulls in my collection.

[yevgenz]

@314299

Did you find out where that factory was located, maybe it is a modern Glavpatron?

[owlbeback]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[314299]

@yevgenz Regrettably I have no way to know for sure.

[yevgenz]

@yevgenz

Hunting permit is not difficult to obtain too now, huntingg waterfowl and fur animals like hare, fox, badger, wolf, feral dogs and cats costs about 80USD a year, price is going up every year. Hunting wild boar, deer, roebuck is only for rich people, very expensive. I only hunt ducks and hare. Killed 2 ducks last season and no hare.

[yevgenz]

@yevgenz

Getting a rifle was very restrictive, except for the Chukcha, Nenets peoples (like Soviet Eskimoes), some Siberian hunters too, those people hunted all the time after the war. In the 1980s I knew only a few people who owned a hunting permit. In the early 1990s, with the Ukraine independence the laws softened, and almost anyone can buy a shotgun and rifle, strict background check and regulation though.

[onmilo]

27 grams=7/8 ounce of shot.

I think #3 is equivalent to #6 shot American size and #1 is #4 shot equivalent.

I'm adding this vid to my favorites & thank you for sharing. :)