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does anyone know how to make homemade blanks for a shotgun. I am training my dog and am ready to move up to shotgun.

Gary Ansell sells a 209 primer insert for a single shot shotgun that works pretty slick.

Huntumup wrote:does anyone know how to make homemade blanks for a shotgun. I am training my dog and am ready to move up to shotgun.

You can just re-prime a shotgun shell or reload it using white millet or rice. You can also buy them, they are called "poppers".
http://www.gundogsupply.com/fiocchi-12- ... pers-.html

im trying to go the cheap route. I loaded a shell with a 209 primer and it wasn't loud. I am looking for the sound but without the wast of the lead.

Re-primed shotgun shells work for me. No problem with the noise, clearly loud enough as it causes the dog missing out on a training session to scream his lungs out, drives me insane.

I have tried the 209 primer only and to me not loud enough iv loaded 410 with rice I'm going to try out today dog doesn't clench with primer only but dose with regular12 ha

Watched a guy take a shell and cut off 2/3 or more filled with gp and used wax to seal. Used in National field trial