Cool shotshells

[Richard Flanders]

I found 9 of these yesterday here at the mine in one of the dorms, all in near new condition. Eley-Kynoch make. Never seen one before. The shot designation on the card is "P".

[charlie cleveland]

nice find rich..ive never seen any like this brand either boy will those go good in a collection..i really like those shells theve got class... charlie

[OH Osthaus]

The UK's Shooting Gazette magazine has a column by a British shotshell collector, he highlights several oddballs each issue. When i get a chance I will see if he has contact info listed. He could likely give you some history. Neat find from a great gun maker

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

How about a picture of the headstamp?
are they as big as they look?
12 bore?
8 bore? (that will get Charlie salivating!!!)

[charlie cleveland]

yep love those 8 bores...hope you find info on these shells... charlie

[Richard Flanders]

Headstamp. 12bore. The small stamping reads "ICI". The fellow who previously owned these died in a plane wreck here at Nyac in 1982 so they date before that somewhere. He also had a very nice "Churchill shooting school" 12ga shotshell we found in 2009 in the pile of reloading supplies and ammo he left behind. I'm guessing he visited the London gunmakers at some point. He was a serious shooter who reloaded everything between .257Roberts to .38spec, 12ga up to .458mag and his motto on powder charges seems to have been something like, "whatever fits in the case".... I wouldn't shoot anything from the piles of handloaded ammo that he left here. What does P shot equate to?? These shells sure have the prettiest roll crimp I've ever seen. Designed for speed loading on the driven bird line I'd say.

[Big D]

The man in the Shooting Gazette is Tom Grange. No email contact is listed in the issue I have in front of me. His phone (good luck with country codes, etc) is 01778 570226. You might have some luck contacting the Editor, Will Heatherington at will_heatherington@ipcmedia.com