Farmboy91 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Thats really good, an interesting comment about being adapted from war time .303 cases which probably did start off straight. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mr. Merkel said: Thats really good, an interesting comment about being adapted from war time .303 cases which probably did start off straight. Tim They loaded up 12 bores aswell called Mettax Don't know if any actually ended up in the hands of the public though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Another couple of Holland’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Farmboy91 said: They loaded up 12 bores aswell called Mettax I have an empty Greener 12/14 bore Police Shotgun cartridge which is all brass but I think that would have started life as that cartridge becauce of the brooved base/head. Sorry for the typos that should read because of the grooved base/head Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 I've got this one in plastic, the Mettax looks very similar to the FN metallic cartridges, I'll dig the magazine back out and stick a picture on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Never seen a plastic one before here is the brass version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Found a few old shells while tidying up the other day, was going to use them at clays but happy to give them to any collectors in the NE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) A couple of two inch fourtens. Aluminium case, head stamped ‘MADE IN BELGIUM .410 and HAND LOADED BY THE MIDLAND GUN CO. BIRMINGHAM, ENG .410, head stamped GASTIGHT .410 Edited June 14, 2020 by London Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 I'd guess at the aluminium one being by loaded by FN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, Farmboy91 said: I'd guess at the aluminium one being by loaded by FN? Dunno mate, just says made in Belgium on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 FN or Fabrique National Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, London Best said: Dunno mate, just says made in Belgium on the head. 14 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: FN or Fabrique National That be the one. I think someone posted the 12 bore version a few pages back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Here are a couple brass .410's (or 36 gauge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Here are a few Rottweil shells I found Here is an Alcan from Italy Here is a Lepco shell from Belgium. Here is a Pawam from Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Azot from USSR And a Hunter brand from Hungary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Northernshot said: Azot from USSR And a Hunter brand from Hungary The Hunter and black Waidmanns Heil are my boys absolute favourite, ended up loosing those two lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 I was looking for an odd one of these for ages after seeing a spent one on the shelf at a visit to Wabbitboshers, ended up finding two full boxes. Just now, Farmboy91 said: I was looking for an odd one of these for ages after seeing a spent one on the shelf at a visit to Wabbitboshers, ended up finding two full boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HW95J Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Love the continental designs, especially German and French. Will branch out my collection to include some in the future. For some less picturesque but I suspect quite old examples here's a green 20 bore 'Kynoch's Patent Perfectly Gas-Tight Cartridge Case'. It's got a plain pink overshot card. Head stamped 'Kynoch, 20, Birmingham'. The blue one is a 14 bore Eley London. Numbered overshot (six) and Eley London headstamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 For some reason, Kynochs an Eleys are still my favorite. Here is a Beaux from Italy Ad Jansen from Belgium and a Trent from Great Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HW95J Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Northernshot said: For some reason, Kynochs an Eleys are still my favorite. Here is a Beaux from Italy Ad Jansen from Belgium and a Trent from Great Britain. Very nice, it seems that mainland Europe had more/held onto the ornate designs longer whereas in the UK there was a period of them and now they're all quite plain. I wonder if it's anything to do with the volume used? In France/Belgium/Germany for instance I think they perhaps have a tradition of using a lower volume of cartridges due to their styles of hunting. It would make sense to still put the effort in with a nice design when you're not burning through a number of slabs in an outing. Indeed smaller packs of 10 or even 5 cartridges look more popular abroad which may tie into that. It's not an area I'm very knowledgeable on but that's a few thoughts that others may be able to weigh in on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Here is another shell that I believe is German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Here is another from Poland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Your German cartridge appears to be written in English, label and head stamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernshot Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 l was thinking that was strange as well, however the sidewall does say 'loaded with Rottweil Powder' and 'Nobel - Nurnberg'. I'm assuming it was for export? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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