HantsRob Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Ok they’re not massively old but a four digit phone number is a beaut to behold. No idea if I should shoot them, keep them, or sell them 😆😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Some clay grounds may frown upon the 1.1/8 oz 🤭 I’d shoot them either way a good find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 We have just recently done a clear fell on some woodland that i have shot over for the last 35 years and love finding the odd spent cartridge from when i was a kid and wonder which one of my mentors shot it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Now, don't, please think me odd...but...if only our guns could talk! Who owned them, where they were used, what they were shot at. And it's my thought that in a distant future just as we can take picture of something and then "colour match" it to a paint mix that in the far future we'll be able to take a picture of a gun stock and extract from the light it has absorbed images. I'm not odd for a two centuries ago you'd also have been thought odd. Will it ever be possible? I don't know but, yes, if only our guns could talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 I bought my first shotgun from Jeffry,s of Plymouth many moons ago nice to see a box from the shop . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 The box of gamebore with the pheasant doesn't look that old. They'll all go bang. I think that I've got the same box of patches in one of my cleaning kits. Never use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen-H Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) If you do shoot them keep one or two cartridges unfired & keep the box to display them with & use the rest Edited October 12, 2022 by Stephen-H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Some years ago I found quite a few "high brass" cartridges, aimed at the wildfowling market. Most were Eley Alphamax, Hymax , Maximum ,some US brand Western, Sellier Bellot and even a few where the print had worn off, but were yellow cases. I used them through a semi auto, mostly on high crows and pigeons (not wildfowl, being lead shot). I regret not even keeping the empty shells, just another example of being wise after the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) used to do all my pheasant shooting with Gamebore High bird super Game... Edited October 13, 2022 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, ditchman said: used to do all my pheasant shooting with Gamebore High bird super Game... Yes I still have some of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes I still have some of them! are theythe boxes you bought off me when i had to give up shooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, ditchman said: are theythe boxes you bought off me when i had to give up shooting? Yes indeed they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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