old holland and holland cartridges

[mjt 0]

Clearing out my garage today found a old box of holland & holland cartrdges, wonder if any one could shed some light on when they were made. There just short of 2 1/2 long, paper cased, got high velocity on them, steel lined, water resisting, loaded by holland and holland ltd, 98 new bond street, london W1. Also looks like cardboard holding the shot in, and Eley/Nobel on the brass head, Box looks very old and falling to peices.

[SportingShooter 0]

A steel lined paper case, fairly old bit of kit you have there, they were made obviously when paper was dominant but improvements were being made all the time, the steel lining is for strength mainly and to try to stop the shell warping or distorting.

Eley/Nobel either loaded the entire catridge for Holland or they capped them off.

Your best bet is to find out when they were in 98 new bond street, and this will give you an approximate date

regards

ss06

[mjt 0]

A steel lined paper case, fairly old bit of kit you have there, they were made obviously when paper was dominant but improvements were being made all the time, the steel lining is for strength mainly and to try to stop the shell warping or distorting.

Eley/Nobel either loaded the entire catridge for Holland or they capped them off.

Your best bet is to find out when they were in 98 new bond street, and this will give you an approximate date

regards

ss06

 

 

Intresting in what you say about the steel lining. Will do a search and see if i can post some photos later.

Martin

[Effortless 0]

98 Bruton Street was a LOOOOONG time ago. I would be a bit wary about using those cartirdges.

 

Effortless

[SportingShooter 0]

Please don't fire them. Not because I think they wont be safe and work properly but How many of them can there be left?

 

Better to keep them for prosperity and nostalgia.

[dicehorn 38]

As stated don't shoot them - they may be worth keeping as they may have a monetary value. Also don't throw away the box no matter what condition as this also may have a value - Don't repair it with cello tape either as that will make it totally worthless

 

If you can put up a photo of the case and head stamp, a collector friend of mine would be able to give you a rough valuation. Having said that, Holland & Holland cases tend not to make great money as it was a very popular cartridge/gun company. The money in cartridges is in the small towns/villages where the local hardware store had cartridges printed with his name on.

 

HTH

 

Peter