Swing don't poke

[cartridgecollector]

Interesting couple of cartridges

[7daysinaweek]

Hope that cartridge doesn't shoot blanks. 

[wymberley]

I've got the red one. Picked it up at a show from the guy who had them done. Annoyingly I can't remember his name - a right character who turned up at shows all over the country - it'll probably come to me if I stop trying to remember - hang on, Ronnie something or other? Anyone know his surname?

EDIT: Not too sure I've got the right chap now. Was it Sunshine and did he have the fox?

Edited June 1, 2024 by wymberley

[TIGHTCHOKE]

They should have been called "STROKE, DON'T POKE"

 

I have a black paper case with a word printed in gold that I cannot use on here, it starts with W and has 6 letters.

 

I would be most interested to know what the idea was.

 

Possibly placed in to the gun by a friend who when the bird was missed would say "now look at the shell"

Edited June 2, 2024 by TIGHTCHOKE
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[Dave53]

Ronnie Crowe

[wymberley]

35 minutes ago, Dave53 said:

Ronnie Crowe

I was pulling my hair out trying to thing of it. Those cartridges have to be some 40 years old.

[islandgun]

1 hour ago, Dave53 said:

Ronnie Crowe

Ronnie Crowe was local to me back in the 70s, bought a new AYA yeoman from him for £49, also sold Lugworm to him for orders every Saturday through the winter months

[cartridgecollector]

3 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

They should have been called "STROKE, DON'T POKE"

 

I have a black paper case with a word printed in gold that I cannot use on here, it starts with W and has 6 letters.

 

I would be most interested to know what the idea was.

 

Possibly placed in to the gun by a friend who when the bird was missed would say "now look at the shell"

I have one of thise in my collection

Thanks for that bit of info.....Ronnie Crowe......wondered who had these printed

[dainty duck]

I bought a couple of brand new Ely 4bore & 8bore cartridges from him for 50p each at Chatsworth a few years back ,

I remember him having a crow that come off a game keepers gibbet that had a Wrens nest built inside the stomach cavity ! 

[Penelope]

On 01/06/2024 at 22:43, wymberley said:

I've got the red one. Picked it up at a show from the guy who had them done. Annoyingly I can't remember his name - a right character who turned up at shows all over the country - it'll probably come to me if I stop trying to remember - hang on, Ronnie something or other? Anyone know his surname?

EDIT: Not too sure I've got the right chap now. Was it Sunshine and did he have the fox?

Ronnie Crow?