Floating Chamber Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) Brick red paper case, rolled turnover, No.4 and 6. Some marked Churchill Gunmakers. Edited October 13, 2013 by Floating Chamber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 They look like eley alphamax . Harnser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 No, Harnser, GASTIGHT. The Well to do's cartridge! Well before Alphamax. They have copper percussion caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Very nice, shame it wasn't a full box of 4s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Ahh yes! They take you back a bit. About 18 shillings a box (90p for you youngsters ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I paid 21 shillings for the last box in Fenwicks, Wolverhampton; and they were very old stock This would be 1963. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I paid 21 shillings for the last box in Fenwicks, Wolverhampton; and they were very old stock This would be 1963.A Guinea! Us poor boys were still using mustard coloured, Ministry of Agriculture subsidised cartridges - I only ever saw No 6's, I think that's all there were. 25 shillings a 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I had some from stensbys about 1960 2 piece box i expected them to be crimp closure at the time i was disappointed that they were rolled turnover. Dipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 FC, have you invented / manufactured a time machine and taunting us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 FC, have you invented / manufactured a time machine and taunting us? Ha ha. A police friend brought them round the other day. A farmer had died and his wife was having a clear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Very nice FC. Have you slid any in to your gun yet? I like paper but they can swell and become tight to load. Edited October 14, 2013 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Very nice FC. Have you slid any in to your gun yet? I like paper but they can swell and become tight to load. After reading the above, I tried them in my Eley wartime case production gauge. This will not allow any normal MEC, Texan or Lee resized cases to enter....only those that have been MEC SuperSized. They must have been stored well, along with the accompanying Yellow Wizard, et al. All the shells slipped through beautifully. I hasten to add, if the paper cases had swollen at any time in the past, they would not have slipped through this gauge which was designed to gauge the brass heads and integrity of assembled cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Things of beauty FC, I envy you the job of shooting a few pheasant or whatever with them. Good luck and enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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