Gordon R Posted April 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 Are any of the previous posters - Trevor in Devon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdavet Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 I have 2500 of them ! Compression formed ! Bought job lot 2 years of a nice old gentleman who preferred gamebore blackgolds !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Winchester loaded in America, Italy & Australia . If we required these they can be supplied by BWM Didcot ( Browning UK ) who used to import them for Nick Hendrick. Costly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdavet Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 came across this nice little stash in an elderly gentleman’s garage few years ago ! He preferred black golds !! So I bought them of him 🧐👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 22/04/2019 at 16:49, TIGHTCHOKE said: I think much of the reasoning behind that move was to make and sell them in Europe and to avoid having to transport stuff so far. and to avoid the swinging tariffs that the EU stuck to them! Another reason to Leave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 still got some , somewhere plus trap 100 and 200 only the odd box though , shot these a lot in the old days do miss them , sob sob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdavet Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) I have a few boxes of the original ones as per picture of the case previous Edited July 13, 2019 by Bigdavet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8 shot Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 22/04/2019 at 17:16, redial said: Winchester Winners were my choice for everything. Must be 25 perhaps even 30 years ago. +1 25 years ago for me too, plus the trap 100 7.5 in 32 grams for pigeons too.Would buy them tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redial Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Likewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 No doubt about it Winchester Silvers were a brilliant cartridge . As were Gamebore Patriot , remember them? Does anyone have any Patriots left ? Would love to get some Patriots loaded if I can find the load data , I wonder what caused Gamebore to discontinue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 14/07/2019 at 06:41, Salopian said: No doubt about it Winchester Silvers were a brilliant cartridge . As were Gamebore Patriot , remember them? Does anyone have any Patriots left ? Would love to get some Patriots loaded if I can find the load data , I wonder what caused Gamebore to discontinue ? Probably marketing, or powder change. Replication of a cart must be hard unless you can get the exact same powder and components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Got a couple of hundred or so of those empties kicking about under my loading bench somewhere my pacific 366 auto loading press thrived on those empties it loaded a beautiful shell with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 14/07/2019 at 06:41, Salopian said: No doubt about it Winchester Silvers were a brilliant cartridge . As were Gamebore Patriot , remember them? Does anyone have any Patriots left ? Would love to get some Patriots loaded if I can find the load data , I wonder what caused Gamebore to discontinue ? The Silvers were, (in my opinion), a poor follow up and a significantly more expensive shell than the truly superb Trap 100 / Trap 200 / Winner 8's, for some reason they never quite worked for me, so I think I switched to Fiocchi for a spell and then onto Hull Sovereigns. As for the Gamebore Patriot's, I can honestly say I've never shot a more annoying shell, in that when you were on target and pulled the trigger, the clay sailed on, unbroken..! I've no idea why that was, but I simply couldn't get on with them, and it came as little surprise to me when Gamebore quietly discontinued them. Things have moved on since those days, the Gamebore Evo 24g in plaswad is a truly superb shell, I have complete confidence in it. Cat.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted September 6, 2020 Report Share Posted September 6, 2020 Catamong , Very good post and I agree with your observation . A friend minced a dificult bir on Friday with FBlacks , then tried , Superbs , Sovereigns and ViPs , never touched them and doesn't know why ? Maybe it can only be compatability choke and cartridge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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