chippy18 Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 hi. Have just been given some Winchester Special Faisan 32g 6' to try. Am going to give them a bash tomorrow, has anyone used these before and if so are they any good. Cheers all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I used to swear by Winchester ammo about 5-10 years ago. It seemed absolutely faultless, if a trifle expensive. Then it got very hard to source. I was told by several reliable gunsmiths and Shots that the modern Winchester stuff is nowhere near as good, citing lower standards in production due to cost-cuttting. As such, people tend to stick with more reliable brands like Hull/Gamebore/Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I use Winchester Trap shells and they perform brilliantly. I had loads of trouble with the CCI claybusters nearly 15% were misfires Then at Bywell i bought 1000 Winchesters over the Prima as the Prima seem to kick more than they should The Winchesters though are Fine. LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Got to agree about the Winchesters - not readily available, but I bought 1000 some time ago and use them for long crossers at Sporting - excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I used the CCI claybusters at Bisley through Baldrick's 12 bore Browning which he kindly shared with me and had no problems. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippy18 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Thanks all have had a look around on the net about the cartridges and so far what i have found out is they are great cartridges but a bit on the pricey side. Will give them ago tomorrow and see how they go. Cheers all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I used to use Winchester carts to the exclusion of everything else. Trap 100's trap 200's for clays. 1oz gamebird 6.5 shot and the famous winchester westerns. They used to use a compression case that was excellent and could be re-loaded several times. These days winchesters are not the same shell, although i'm pleased they seem to be a bit more widely available, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 to echo the above used " Westerns " and " Super Speeds " almost exclusively years ago but alas they became diffecult to obtain so moved on anyone who shoots .410 will know that the winchester shells are a superior cartridge if incredibly overpriced especially in 3 inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Whitebridge - The old compression formed cases were replaced by parallell tube cases, which were not as good. The current ones appear to have reverted to the compression formed cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Whitebridge - The old compression formed cases were replaced by parallell tube cases, which were not as good. The current ones appear to have reverted to the compression formed cases. GordonR, thanks for the update. Do you know what carts in the current range are loaded in compression cases? I'm particulary interested in the game loads. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Whitebridge - sorry - can't help you there. Only ever use cartridges at Clay Shooting. Will ask around - one of my friends deals in cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 I stand corrected, I'll bury my doubts and buy some Winchester cartridges, and see how they compare. Based on FM's performance at Bisley in August using the CCI loads, they must be pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 As I say the Club has had a few batches of CCI Claybusters and we have had a LOT of people complaining about misfires From now on the mean greenies are dropped from my list of prefered cartridges LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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