enfieldspares Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Some years ago the police stopped using Gamebore. My brother who was for twenty years a police "marksman" (the one that usually was the one with the rifle and 'scope sight) on their Tactical Firearms Unit had a wad drop when doing fast firing drills with a Remington 870 (so that tells how long ago it was). The next round up took the side out of the barrel and, fortunately, the slug went up and out rather than down and out otherwise he'd have lost his forearm. I also had a friend at Weston Park ten years or so ago who burst the barrel on his William Powell damascus barrel 20 bore with a dropped wad (in the last inch of barrel) from a Gamebore cartridge. I don't use them in my guns. Ever! Edited January 7, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellside Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Sprucey said: Update. Have to say I'm very impressed! Fantastic Customer service. Gamebore UK Sales Manager David called me 6pm yesterday evening as promised, very nice bloke and straight to the point. He held his hands up and said it's unacceptable , He's made inquiries as to why this has happened and apologized profusely. They are collecting the raining stock from the Supplier to inspect and are also Collecting my faulty carts with a replacement due. Can't say fairer than that. Thanks David. Good result. I wonder how much influence your conversation on PW could have had…? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucey Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Fellside said: Good result. I wonder how much influence your conversation on PW could have had…? Well it was mentioned to me that a post had been spotted on here, I didn't deny it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Sprucey said: Well it was mentioned to me that a post had been spotted on here, I didn't deny it. BRILLIANT, that's how it should be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 So opened up 28g 8s hellfire pro and took a gander - these are based on white golds according to Google! shot 50 at my home ground coniston and found then affective against clays out to 50-55 yards ( distance given by Nigel head CPSA trainer ) on a high teal ( face on ) and about 50 yards side on going away my gut says they would have killed at longer ranges but none were available to me to try at . I run my guns choked up regardless of stand/presentation so Teague choked at 3/4 and Full my 535 has been barrel tuned by the company themselves ( though I have no paper proof ) Internally all shot looks spot on but my verniers are waterlogged so can’t measure. will count pellets and post up results I will retrieve my spare verniers from work and measure at some point. photos of my dissection:- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Shot count 378 but had to borrow wife’s reading glasses so might be a couple either way ! Edited January 7, 2022 by Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Agriv8 said: Shot count 378 but had to borrow wife’s reading glasses so might be a couple either way ! If a true 28g or thereabouts, 378 means realistically a 7 1\4. I have counted white golds before and got 365 pellets for 28.0g so not much difference, might open a new one up from latest batch to double check. UPDATE: Cut open a 2021 White Gold Fibre No 8 - 28.07g, 380 pellets - 18mm Diana Fibre Wad, 3mm OPC and 1.66g of mixed pink and green 1.5mm flake powder, no oddities and nicely polished pellets. Edited January 7, 2022 by Stonepark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecman Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 07/01/2022 at 08:37, Sprucey said: Update. Have to say I'm very impressed! Fantastic Customer service. Gamebore UK Sales Manager David called me 6pm yesterday evening as promised, very nice bloke and straight to the point. He held his hands up and said it's unacceptable , He's made inquiries as to why this has happened and apologized profusely. They are collecting the raining stock from the Supplier to inspect and are also Collecting my faulty carts with a replacement due. Can't say fairer than that. Thanks David. Glad you’re happy with that poor excuse for non existent quality control David i imagine your shell was cut up recently mine was probably 2 years ago i wonder how many like them have been sold as premium cartridges between those times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliedog Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 hours ago, mecman said: Glad you’re happy with that poor excuse for non existent quality control David i imagine your shell was cut up recently mine was probably 2 years ago i wonder how many like them have been sold as premium cartridges between those times. Suspect most people judge their cartridge performance by how they perform in the field rather than what the lead looks like, they are pretty popular for a reason (could be good marketing), my experience is they fold them over in the air and thats what I am looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 I haven't cut a cartridge open since our Russian friends flooded the U K market with the infamous Baikal cartridges , it didn't really matter what size of shot you asked for you were going to get some of that size in a cartridge along with a sprinkling of all the other shot sizes , that didn't matter to the rough shooter as they could easily be used for a Snipe , Goose and every species in between, nowadays cartridges are far to expensive in cutting them open , not only that , if you saw a small variation in the size of shot you will be constantly blaming the shells for missing , and to be honest, is it really going to make a huge difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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