B725 Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) Today I have been given around 450 + cartridges mainly modern stuff but there is also 8 Eley trap cartridges but cardboard when did Eley stop doing them in cardboard? Edited August 16, 2022 by B725 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 Eley still make traditional paper case cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 Remember buying Eley Trapshooting late 70`s into 80`s,lovely smooth shooting cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busbiter Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 The box should have a packing code on the inside of the top flap. Let me know what this code is and will be able to tell you the exact date that they were put in the box 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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enfieldspares Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 hours ago, busbiter said: The box should have a packing code on the inside of the top flap. Let me know what this code is and will be able to tell you the exact date that they were put in the box 😉 This. Beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 Only the other week I shot some of the same from a similar box.They were plastic but I think they were from the 80,s found them in an old bag I had.Still fired perfectly and broke clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 7 hours ago, holloway said: Eley still make traditional paper case cartridges. when we used to shoot early season partridge near Newmarket.....we all had to use paper cased cartridges....the reason being was that alot of the stands were on grass lands that were cut for hay that fed the studs and stables....plastic ammo was a no-no as it could get stuck in the horses gut/tract...but using paper cased ...the moisture softened the case very qickly allowing the cartridge to pass thro the animal......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busbiter Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, B725 said: Packed on 20th July 1966. It must be the very first of these style boxes and these were used throughout the 1970's also! Great find Edited August 17, 2022 by busbiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busbiter Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 One of my rarest full boxes of cartridges, 16g Trapshooting picked up from a Southams sale a few years ago. This box has no packing code and looking at the print on the cartridge, these will have been from the late 70's or early 80's. 16 hours ago, enfieldspares said: This. Beat me to it. If you know, you know 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Yes Eley made a lot of odd stuff that also didn't see the UK market such as three ball (three x .36 pellet) .410 buckshot for shooting those apes that aren't monkeys or gorillas or gibbons but live in packs have big teeth and can be vicious. I forget the name. Edited August 17, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: Yes Eley made a lot of odd stuff that also didn't see the UK market such as three ball (three x .36 pellet) .410 buckshot for shooting those apes that aren't monkeys or gorillas or gibbons but live in packs have big teeth and can be vicious. I forget the name. Baboons! Terrible, vicious things. Very satisfying to shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 41 minutes ago, London Best said: Baboons! Terrible, vicious things. Very satisfying to shoot. Yes. Thank you. I could not for the life of me remember what they were. But, yes, baboons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 hours ago, busbiter said: Packed on 20th July 1966. It must be the very first of these style boxes and these were used throughout the 1970's also! Great find Thank you for that I'm only 6 year's older than the cartridges 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 I'll add two points. These plastic cases are premium quality and the heads are genuine brass. You will possibly find that serious 16 bore reloaders will pull your arms off for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busbiter Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 hours ago, enfieldspares said: I'll add two points. These plastic cases are premium quality and the heads are genuine brass. You will possibly find that serious 16 bore reloaders will pull your arms off for them. Absolutely! Good luck to anyone who would try and get me to part with these though 😉🤣 I have a load of full boxes of 16g Hymax 4's with what appears to be the same case as these and true brass heads, picked up from a Holts sale 12 years ago. Also got a load of Maximum 16's in boxes of 10's loaded for a foreign market from the late 60's/early 70's and even a few loose true 65mm case Trainer 9's in 16g also. Not sure if many of these found their way in to the shops back in the UK to be honest as so hard to find. Obviously I don't have any kind of obsession with 16g Eley Cartridges from the years gone by what so ever 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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