Sesame seed shot shell buffer??

GrapeApe

Found a 12ga, 3" round of "Hevi-Steel" #3 shot in a parking lot the other day.
Since I don't duck hunt, and really had no need for a single round, I decided to open the round and salvage the shot, for no particular reason.

Imagine my surprise when I find a bunch of, what appears to be, sesame seeds on top of the shot.
Is it a buffer? Filler to keep the crimp flat? I haven't a clue.

When I have time, I'll take a picture of everything that came out of the shell. I poured it straight from the hull into a clean pill bottle.

Anyone ever seen this before?
Have a clue why they're in there?

sakodude

Ducks last meal!!

GrapeApe

sakodude said:

Ducks last meal!!

  

JunkCollector

Some states would consider that batting 

Bigslug

It's a SWAT door-breaching round:  "OPEN SESAME!"

Sesame seed oil to lube the steel shot's passage through the choke?

Stupid people doing stupid things?

Wambli Ska

New one in me!

bullsi1911

Could you use salt and pepper to pre-season your birds?

Big Al1

Must be for hunting Kaiser rolls!

Rafterman

Factory or reload?

Wambli Ska

Big Al1 said:

Must be for hunting Kaiser rolls!

So THAT’S what they use to hunt Whoppers?!?!?!?!?! 😱

Freezer

Sesame Duck..... Makes sense to me 

GrapeApe

Rafterman said:

Factory or reload?

Appears to be factory. Printing on the hull still sharp, brass still shiny, w/o a scratch

GrapeApe

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Freezer

I just can't help myself! When I see a rabbit hole, I just have to explore it. It is indeed Hevi Shot XII. I'm not good on the computer, but I copied this link with pics of a deconstructed shell.

https://www.wildfowlmag.com/editorial/hevixii-tungsten-shotshells-full-review/455091#:~:text=HEVI-Shot's XII load uses,(grams per cubic centimeter).

GrapeApe

Thanks Freezer. So they're flaxseed. Hmmm, to the best of my knowledge, these are the first flaxseed I've ever seen.

With them ones from the shell I cut open sitting on the top of the shot, I'm not sure how well they'd perform as a buffer though.

Bigslug

Flaxseeds, huh?  I like the idea of a biodegradable shot buffer.  We deliberately schedule the professional hazmat cleaning of our indoor range immediately after shotgun quals.  It's messy stuff - no lead-free primers; lots of unburned powder, wads, "Truball" slug base-balls, and yes, a lot of poly-styrene (or whatever it is) buckshot buffer.  Don't think I'd like that stuff floating on top of a lake. . .forever.

Jeff in TX

I've told this story before about the white ghost.  Back around '73 or '74 my buddy started loading 12 ga buck shot for Savage double barrel.  He packed the buck shot with flour.  When he tested the rounds it looked like a white ghost coming out of his barrel.  He had incredibly tight patters beyond 50 yards.  I lived in VA at the time and we were able to hunt at FT Picket which was shotgun/buckshot only.  He took a doe as I recall one day.  When we picked him and his deer up, his forearm had split in half.  Apparently the pressure caught up to him after a few rounds.