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Starting A Wildcat War Plane With Original 4GA Shotgun Starter Shells
The shells were manufactured in 1943 and still work! How it’s done: The Coffman starter uses a specially made 4 gauge paper shell with an electric primer. It is filled with .25″ and .187″ diameter cordite pellets for slow burning powder. The shell fires into a starter assembly on the accessory case of the engine,…