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Hi all, i knwo there are are a few of us who shoot a 20 here so I thought some others might be interested in my ‘taste testing’. Aside from a box of eley VIP given with the gun and a box or two of pheasant extremes, I’ve shot proper cartridges in either 28 6’s or 32 5’s since I bought it a number of years ago. I am about out of them so I picked up a couple boxes from just cartridges this week. Specifically, Gamebore regal 28 6’s, 25 6’s, and hull three crown 25 6’s. Today shot all of them at pheasants. These are standard height pheasants up to 40 yards. All were shot through my beretta silver pigeon which weighs just over 6 lb. I’ve loved George’s 28 6’s because they are soft shooting in a light gun. They kill well when I do my job. The 32 5’s are sharp. They bark a bit at the muzzle and are sharp on the shounder. In a heavier gun they would be fine, but if I need a heavier gun and want to shoot that load I’ll bring a bigger gun. These are fine for the occasional drive or for the one gun shooter. The regal were new to me. The 28’s were surprisingly harsh. I thought the regal was a softer shooting cartridges considering it was in a 65mm case and for older guns. Maybe they are lower pressure or something, but they are loud and sharp, about the same as the 32 5’s from George. Glad I only bought 2 boxes of them. Surprisingly, the 25g loads aren’t much different. They are just as loud though a little lighter on the shoulder (but not much). I would take George’s 28 6’s over the lighter regals. However, the three crowns are a sweetheart. I’ve shot them in a 12 and they are the softest shoooting 12 bore 28g load ever. These 25g in the 20 were no different. They are softer than a 21g 12 ga Comp-x in a heavy gun. No doubt the sweetest load ever. Also, they are miniature death sticks. Every bird I hit with them came down in a heap. I was incredibly impressed. Any 20 bore shooters would do well to grab a box. thanks rick

After a glorious couple of weeks holiday in Devon it was back to our open arable fields. What a beautiful county Devon is. Fantastic part of the world and we met some great yokels there too. Must try and get down there again soon. On the way back I picked up a slab of Georges "Proper" cartridges from Thetford Guns and today presented a chance to give them a go. Following tip off from the sage one yesterday and a quick meet up and recce we decided it would be worth a go as there was a good number of birds using a fresh autumn rape drilling. The birds were using virtually all parts of the field. Me ol' partner was free which meant we could spread out a bit. We were in situ by 10.00 am. Not bad for a Sunday morning. He chose to shoot under a sole oak tree near the middle of the field and I thought the top end looked promising. Me ol' partner had some steady shooting. I could see the birds decoying in ones and twos. I was struggling as i was as little off the line and his turbo flapper was drawing then to his pattern. After about 30 minutes i had my first shot and downed a nice fast crossing bird. Next up a crow just hanging on the wind. I picked him up stone dead on 63 paces. It was a really nice day for decoying, about a 20 mph N/E gusting wind and good cloud cover. I dropped a few birds in the field behind which I couldn't pick. Sport slowed mid afternoon as the birds started to prefer some newly sown rape on the opposite side on the main road. We finished with 34 pigeons and 2 crows which wasn't so bad and a very managable amount for the table. I was impressed by Georges cartridges. I had some nice rangey kills and everything dropped stone dead. For the record the shells I used are 30g 12 bore number 6 shot. They feel punchy and are ideal in a semi-auto. Everything ejected flawlessly and the price is right! What more do you need! Thanks for reading and have a nice evening.

the title says it people but please remember I am using the best of componenets like what you find in top notch carts for example the 25 gram someone says they r £60 pound a slab I say 180 per 1000 a saving of 60 pound a thousand if you have got that kind of money to throw away what can anybody say to you and that will be in pure fibre no discs and a decent order to put on the machine any thing you fancy let me know pm or email is best thanks george

hi all just got a good firm order of carts to Hampshire so if any body wants a few to try on the way down let me know thanks George also the rifle powders

hi all again do you know any body who makes test barrels in the uk I want one for 410 and one for 16 gauge I have 12 gauge on 1 fixed gun then the 28 gauge and 20 gauge fit into another receiver the 16 gauge is the most important but I would like the pair done together if poss thanks george

hi all my name George young propercartridges.com drop me a e mail for powders both rifle and shotgun at 30 pounds per kilo or tel 07714 323 909 thanks george