Floating Chamber Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) A bit of nostalgia! How far back can you remember? (For the older ones, anyway!) Mine was in the Summer of 1961. It was a paper cased Eley 'Maximum' and fired through a very light Italian single barrel Boehller Blitz 'Fusil Special'. It hurt! I was a 14 year old skin and bone lad with little meat round the shoulder! These shells, clearly in 70mm cases, were recommended for use in 65mm guns! This was printed on the box! At 34+ grams, they were vicious! Edited August 18, 2014 by Floating Chamber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JABB Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Mine was a paper cased Eley .410 through a single Webley bolt action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Baikals and on payday would splash oot on some Eley,Alphamax?,for the geese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Eley Grand Prix 5 - paper case - shooting rabbits with my dad - 11 years old. The smell of the discharged cartridge still wafts past on occasions when I think about it. 50+years ago now. God I feel old ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Mine was a paper cased Eley .410 through a single Webley bolt action. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Eley Grand Prix 5 - paper case - shooting rabbits with my dad - 11 years old. The smell of the discharged cartridge still wafts past on occasions when I think about it. 50+years ago now. God I feel old ! The smell....mmmm yes, I know what you mean. Lovely! A mixture of burnt powder and varnish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Eley Grand Prix #5. Together with my first 12g shotgun, a Baikal single barrel, in 1973. The private deal was the shotgun, approx 70 cartridges, a leather gun slip and a suede cartridge belt (which I still have) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Eley Fourlong through a Webley and Scott 4.10. Next up I was taken out with one of the farm hands with a single barrel 12 bore to shoot pigeons. The first time I was allowed to go on my own i was given 12 cartridges and told to come back with more pigeons than the cartridges taken. I wasn't allowed to shoot pigeons flying and I used to wait until there was a good group on the ground and then put a barrel in to them. My first return was 22 for twelve shots so I was allowed to go again. In those days the farm used to get cheap subsidised cartridges to keep the vermin down. I think the cartridges were Eley but can't be sure. Edited August 17, 2014 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Nope never seen it as it was loaded for me by the owner. But the first time out with a gun for a full day was a box of Eley in purple cases, some cheapo end of the range like Hi-Flyer or something given to me. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Back in 1989, shot a rifle for the first time and my first ever wild boar with my dad's Bohler Rasant 9,3x74R .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 I can remember as clear as yesterday , it was a 20 gauge eley grand prix , my first ever shot with my grandads gun and I killed a hen pheasant . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettadevon Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Oh yes, the Eley First range in fibre wad. certainly WONT be using them ever again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Paper cased Eley fourlong no4 shot through a Belgian side by side folding 'poachers' gun with skeleton stock, at a pigeon! (I missed). Went on to buy the side by side a couple of years later after the farmer became ill and decided to give up his licence. Ironically I've been pigeon shooting today with that very gun, and it accounted for my share of the bag just nicely. Think I've owned / used it for 30 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedra1106 Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 No idea what make they were, they were red, wrapped up in a sheet of news paper so nobody could see what they were and I think they only cost me about £1 for 25 from the local sports shop back in 1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Eley No.3 (9mm) long shot double charge, through an old bolt action garden gun and fired at a tin can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Fuchs 9mm garden gun rimfire. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 I shot a rabbit in about 1968 using Eley Fourlong no5 shot through a Webley and Scott 4.10. De lux bolt action (chequered). I can still smell the cartridge smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Record, 30g 6's, 12g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Eley Kynoch Grand Prix no5 through a Gallyon hammergun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Remember them !! I still have the remainder of the box eley for long .410 it even has the local ironmongery stamp on the box 1976 Deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Eley grand prix 1 1/4 oz thro aya cosmos single.......and it stung....it was at a rabbit next to a metal water trough on the outskirts of kings lynn...its all built on now. oh i got the rabbit.........think the shot deflected off the metal trough !!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Bought from an ironmongers in the 1960's I think they were Czech....fired through my great uncle's old hammer sxs, almost rattled it to pieces as I remember ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOTTO Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Mine was a paper cased Eley .410 through a single Webley bolt action. If I remember correctly it was an Eley fourlong in no.5 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMcC Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Frank Dyke or Shamrock, all stamped with Smokeless Powder because it was new then. I can't remember the first time I fired them but I know that was all that was about at the time and priced around 12/6d a box. My father said if you are going to use a gun it'll be a 12 bore, then whenever you use it, we will know, and I'll want to know what you used it on !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted August 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) Frank Dyke or Shamrock, all stamped with Smokeless Powder because it was new then. I can't remember the first time I fired them but I know that was all that was about at the time and priced around 12/6d a box. My father said if you are going to use a gun it'll be a 12 bore, then whenever you use it, we will know, and I'll want to know what you used it on !! Did you ever shoot Frank Dyke's 'Yellow Wizard'? They were 12/6 a box in 1961. Edited August 18, 2014 by Floating Chamber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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