fortune Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 The records didn't half reach up there though. Muzzle flash like an anti aircraft gun. And they didn't half work the long stroke action of the franchi hunter. I think that the powder charge was left over tank shell powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecman Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 + one for maionchi 9s one of the best carts iv'e used on pigeon's on par with the winchester double AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Rottweil Game 32 in the brown cases were my favourites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody walloper Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 victory rockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 When I was a kid I was shooting mad but nobody in my family had a gun so we used to roam Waddesdon Estate looking for cartridges that had been left - I once found a Hull 3 crowns paper case that still smelled of powder and I treasured that case for years so that's my choice. On another plane I was always in awe of Winchester Silver when I started shooting as they were so darned expensive and one day treated myself to a box - must have been mid eighties and still got the box with 23 shells in it - too precious to ever shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktattoo Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Winchester trap 100s Winchester trap 200s Winchester blue lights Used them for everything Remember all them when I first started shooting, mainly used blue lights myself Edited September 17, 2016 by marktattoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Rottweil Game 32 in the brown cases were my favourites As far as I can tell, I'm pretty sure that the current Special 12F are the replacements for these superb cartridges. Just coming to the end of my last purchase and they certainly appear to be the same. Hard to locate, but I've just bought a load more from the Gun Shop in Rugby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 As far as I can tell, I'm pretty sure that the current Special 12F are the replacements for these superb cartridges. Just coming to the end of my last purchase and they certainly appear to be the same. Hard to locate, but I've just bought a load more from the Gun Shop in Rugby. I'll have to try to find some and give them a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugs Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 .410, my fav was Winchester Super X, 12 bore were the original Eley Grand Prix 1 1/6th oz & Impax, Eley for 12 bore were the ones for me, how times change eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Rottweil MKII HV 30g 5s are my all time favourite - they hit like flying anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Rottweil MKII HV 30g 5s are my all time favourite - they hit like flying anvils. yeah. i used the same style shell from rottweil, #2 and #4s for ground game 36g loads. hits like a freight train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B25Modelman Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) OLD...Eley Olympic Trap 7 1/2 from the 1970's. They have gone downhill since. Rottweil Trainers again 1970's, all plastic. Currently set on Gamebore Evo Fibre 7 1/2 and 8's. Normall only use 8's but had chance to buy 1000, 7 1/2's cheap. Edited December 6, 2016 by B25Modelman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I used to like Winchester Trap 200. Excellent on the clays (when I connected) and also good on Corvid's too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I used to like Winchester Trap 200. Excellent on the clays (when I connected) and also good on Corvid's too. All my friends used them (32g 7.5 plastic wad) through A1 Brownings with plenty of choke for all their shooting, ducks to pheasants to sporting clays and all in between with great success. Birds aren't any higher nowadays and everyone seems to need a 4-5 shot cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Still have a box of Baikal unopend 10 in a box. Edited December 7, 2016 by snow white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esca Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Rottweils Mk2 bought from Mole Valley Farmers 200 in a box and Hull triple crown. Now RC 21grm and Bornaghi mini mag 28grm for the 28Bore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Still have a box of Baikal unopend 10 in a box. I've still got a few Record #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Impax. Used them since 1970 in a SBS, sweet shooting with a far longer reach than you might think. These days in a lightweigh OU Eley VIP. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B525 LIGHT Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Hull Hullmax, and before amyone else says it, the Holy grail of high goose shooting in both the 10 and 12. Winchester super double X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Your first box of ELAY 3'' were an absolute super shell in my gun No.4 rolled a lot of foxes at some nice distances also great to see them again, also The Winchester westerns box of ten shells were a good shell. Old eley's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 I loved the packs of 10 S&B cartridges, the 2.3/4" with the rolled turnover were best. The Mark11 were never as good. The packs of 10 Baikal Records ( I still have some) were take two asprins before and after shooting, if you mixed one of these cartridges into a cartridge bag of 100 cases, you will know when you fire the Baikal. The paper Eley Alphamax 2.3/42 or 3" were good cartridges. , Anyone ever sniff the empty case of a paper Eley Grand Prix ! LOL, a smell I remember to this day, used to sit next to my dad shooting with his double hammer gun flighting pigeons in a local wood, and sniff the empty cases as he fired them. Aye the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Another one came to mind ! Topmark Trap ,loaded in Winchester compression cases for David Nickerson by ? Used a lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Used to go into Monk's gun shop in Chester and ask for Grand Prix always replied with "Here you are son, these are our own brand but exactly the same". My backside they were! Completely useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a303 Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) First time I ever shot a shotgun was using my late grandfathers, therefore then my dads uggie SBS using what ever carts were left in my grandads old leather cartridge belt that was recovered from the stash in his larder. Would have been around 10 at the time. Remember paper cased Eley Grand Prix and the smell they made. Will Never forget that. Along with the first walked up rabbit i took with them. (Full of mixxie and managed about 2 yards before been barrelled, cried for an hour after that first kill) lol Still got the gun and the cartridge belt, wish I'd kept some of the carts. Sure there were a few impax along with the Grand Prix. Also remember my dad getting a box of Rottweil carts, green case, 30g ish something load. Kicked like hell but the kills were exceptional. Edited April 21, 2017 by a303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Several things. The smell of the Eley paper cartridges. The all plastic Rottweil cartridges that came in a cardboard box of 200 loose. The superb little black Rottweil club 20 cartridges and the Baikal's. I shot the pink ones and I thought that they were a good cartridge and then the viscious and explosive black ones. With the large muzzle flash and the loud bang that would launch the shot to take down birds that were so high up that they were on oxygen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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