hilly 6 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hi all does anyone know about some old shotgun shells I have? The first one says "ELEYS gas-tight cartridge case" The second "Made by eley-kynoch" The third " Eley bro, london, no.20" The forth is made of brass and has no writeing on it. Anyone got any clues? Many thanks. Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 The second Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 the third Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 The forth Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 No one got any ideas????? Quote Link to post
HUnter_zero 58 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 What do you want to know? Quote Link to post
shootlodge 146 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 put 1 of each in the correct calibre gun & shoot a piece of 4 ft wall paper @ 20 yds. That will tell you what they are . Good luck Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Are they worth anything? They are not loaded with any shot. Mark. Quote Link to post
HUnter_zero 58 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Are they worth anything? They are not loaded with any shot. Mark. At a resent auction a box of Eley gas tight cartridges sold for the grand sum of £7. I shot a box of paper case Grand Prix made by Eley Kynoch on our boxing day shoot. You might get a couple of quid from a collector who is looking to make a board. (Just make sure that if you are going to shoot with the cartridges that it's not black powder ) John Edited February 10, 2012 by HUnter_zero Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Are they worth anything? They are not loaded with any shot. Mark. At a resent auction a box of Eley gas tight cartridges sold for the grand sum of £7. I shot a box of paper case Grand Prix made by Eley Kynoch on our boxing day shoot. You might get a couple of quid from a collector who is looking to make a board. (Just make sure that if you are going to shoot with the cartridges that it's not black powder ) John Thank you Quote Link to post
richmcgin 32 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I think that the gas tight type were what was issued to the home guard in the second world war and were black powder, thats not gospel but it seems to ring a bell as a friend of mine had some given to him years ago. Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I think that the gas tight type were what was issued to the home guard in the second world war and were black powder, thats not gospel but it seems to ring a bell as a friend of mine had some given to him years ago. Thanks, I have also got a loading kit for them as well and that looks like it could be ww2 issue. Mark. Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 To me the top picture looks like its a pinfire cartridge...which are considerably rarer than centrefire. Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Are they worth anything? They are not loaded with any shot. Mark. At a resent auction a box of Eley gas tight cartridges sold for the grand sum of £7. I shot a box of paper case Grand Prix made by Eley Kynoch on our boxing day shoot. You might get a couple of quid from a collector who is looking to make a board. (Just make sure that if you are going to shoot with the cartridges that it's not black powder ) John Nothing wrong with a bit of smoke Quote Link to post
hilly 6 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 To me the top picture looks like its a pinfire cartridge...which are considerably rarer than centrefire. There are 8 of those in the box with the others and after looking all over google they are pinfire shells, thanks for pointing it out as I didnt know. I'd be keeping those or selling them to a collector to preserve them. Not too many of them about. Not as though you can fire them either if they're pinfire Quote Link to post
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