wymberley Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Instead of concentrating on the job in hand step-son while faffing around doing something seasonal no doubt has committed the cardinal sin of failing to get cartridges for a shoot. I am going to let him have my last slab - which leaves me with just under two boxes - of my Hull High Pheasant 7s - but am going to ensure that he doesn't do it again by choosing something pricey for him to replace them with. While browsing Just Cartridges, I came across 'Purple Fury' and their 'quad seal' system. Do I take it that this is making someone dosh because someone else has come up with the pointless exercise of over/back bored barrels which can cause problems with the more usual fibre wads of a satisfactory standard which perform as advertised in conventionally bored barrels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 There is talk these quad seals are causing issues, some not loaded square into the cartridge! Just what I heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 I quite honestly see no problem with overbored barrels and fibre wads. These wads are not solid steel so put a powder charge behind them and a volume of shot in front which effectively squashes the wad! Only one way it can go is outwards to fill the bore. There's always Sporting 100 with an 18.9mm wad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmo Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 JTB I heard there’s issues as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliedog Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I used a slab of 32g 5s this season and they provided excelent kills and nice to shoot, I did hear a few shoots were not keen on the dissolvable wad residue potentially being eaten by cattle etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john deere Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Gamebore quad seal not to clever neither ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cawdor118 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 56 minutes ago, john deere said: Gamebore quad seal not to clever neither ! What happened to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 I've been shooting dark storm on game this season, not sure if it's psychological but there seems to be something very different about them which seems to be resulting in something very different about the way I'm connecting (or not) with birds. Haven't put my finger on it yet but I'm beginning to regret buying two slabs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 12 hours ago, john deere said: Gamebore quad seal not to clever neither ! Crikey, does that mean you were effectively firing slugs at the birds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john deere Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 80 out of a slab of 250 had issues Gamebore are addressing the problem. Won’t be buying anymore Quad seals anytime soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, john deere said: 80 out of a slab of 250 had issues Gamebore are addressing the problem. Won’t be buying anymore Quad seals anytime soon! Blimey, that is shocking, perhaps they rushed things through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair0903 Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thought all the early reports were too good to believe. Met a guy using purple fury last week and he was regretting his decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john deere Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 20 hours ago, Cawdor118 said: What happened to it? I’m no expert but my guess is the new quad seal is so efficient that it doesn’t allow for slight imperfections in the surrounding case ,therefore the case has to give.Or maybe just a rogue batch,time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 On 28/12/2020 at 19:46, DUNKS said: I quite honestly see no problem with overbored barrels and fibre wads. These wads are not solid steel so put a powder charge behind them and a volume of shot in front which effectively squashes the wad! Only one way it can go is outwards to fill the bore. There's always Sporting 100 with an 18.9mm wad. Rest assured that you will should you ever encounter it. My incident is well documented on here. I had no idea of the problem when I posted - was just pointing out a seemingly pointless exercise. Perhaps these cartridges should be used in over-bored barrels only a la Maxus at .742 for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Sorry I missed your post about the incident. Would you be kind enough to tell me what the problem was. I am on my third thousand felt cartridges in my overbored gun. No problem yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 26 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Sorry I missed your post about the incident. Would you be kind enough to tell me what the problem was. I am on my third thousand felt cartridges in my overbored gun. No problem yet. The emphasis has to be on, 'it can happen' and not 'it will happen'. I had shot thousands of fibre through my Maxus and then decided to try a brand known on here of a similar load weight but different shot size. No matter what choke right up to X Full I put in I could not get anything other than a blown open TC pattern with an absolutely filthy barrel and from the few we recovered, burned wads. I had bought 2000, the vast majority of them I sold at a loss after letting the potential buyers pattern them in their guns to ensure they were happy. Although somewhat brisk, when all was well these did have a good reputation, just not ideal for overbored barrels and made by someone whose after sales attitude was somewhat lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thanks. I must say i have never pattered this gun. I just shoot clays with it. I think I have settled now on BIOAMMO which are of course a plastic Bio wad. I will get onto the pattern board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 13 hours ago, john deere said: 80 out of a slab of 250 had issues Gamebore are addressing the problem. Won’t be buying anymore Quad seals anytime soon! I've shot approx 100 of my dark storm so far this season - never had an issue like in the above pictures but now you've got me worried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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