Sweet11-87 Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Any info on these I’ve never heard of them. are they of any value to a collector before I just send them after some clays it’s a full box of 25 in fairly decent condition head stamped eley kynoch and are paper role turnover stamped pneumatic Edinburgh 5 shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Yes they are very collectable, do NOT waste them on clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowdy Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 I have about 50 of them in 20 bore that I got given in the late 80s . I didn’t have a twenty back then but did swap some for a couple of boxes of 12 black game back in my youth . keep meaning to shoot a couple off now I hav a 20 🤔 I have about 50 of them in 20 bore that I got given in the late 80s . I didn’t have a twenty back then but did swap some for a couple of boxes of 12 black game back in my youth . keep meaning to shoot a couple off now I hav a 20 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 (edited) The then usual fibre or felt wad is replaced by a thick walled cardboard tube of maybe .060" thick and one inch long. This then has effectively a six point crimp closure at both ends. This is done to leave a small hole at either end open. I forget what diameter the hole is. But the crimping reduces the overall length of this tube to maybe half an inch. This is the pneumatic wad. There would have been an over powder and an undershot wad...I think (?). These would therefore create a wad of what would be air compressed and contained within the cardboard cylinder. I think that is what it was when I dissected the one I once had. Now as to it being more efficient or a cost saving measure fluffed up to the customer as being more efficient I don't know. What is sure is that of course best quality wads would have been white felt and not the cheap "Thamesboard" or builder's board that is passed off today as a fibre wad. They'll have a collector's value and even if they did NOT I would not shoot them as they will be loaded with a corrosive primer and you'll not be doing the gun any favours with that...and making a rod for you back to then clean it "the old school way"! Best avoid all that faff! Edited November 13 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarepeg Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 Shot 1000s in the 60s, when the estate owner finished shooting for the day all cartridges went into a drum for vermin control etc ./ they were pinkish couloir and called Bristol pneumatics, paper cases that swelled when used in wet weather, but a layer pealed of and shot, grateful we were 👍🇬🇧 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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