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unidentified Eley No.10 solid shot

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Rrickoshae

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hardly a small arms round, you'd need quite big arms to handle whatever fired this. The case is 3 inches long, the headstamp is 'Eley No.10 London'. It has a solid lead bullet. The .303 gives scale.

Would I be right in thinking this is for a shot gun in case you should stumble across a lion or tiger whilst out rabbiting or would you take this to hunt big or dangerous game - squirrels have sharp teeth.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks

Dave
 

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Hi Dave,I have no idea what it is but I would think after you pulled the trigger you would need a paramedic with you to put your shoulder back in after the smoke had cleared,(a pucker factor of about 9),it certainly is an interesting round,any clues as to date etc,quite early I would think,at a guess it would be for big game rather than domestic shooting ie rabbits,squirrels, (wicked teeth those squirrels have)etc,at short range it would have a tremendous impact and knock down capability on anything that got in the way of it,thanks for posting,
Don,
 
hi Don, I can't find anything about it other than, according to the last owner, it came from a river! The way its crimped would suggest it is a pukka commercial loading rather than a home made job. I expect over the next day or so someone will come up with the answer, they always do come good in my experience of this forum

regards, dave
 
yes, thats the sort of thing you'd want to use it on I think. But then I think, if its 10 gauge (I assume thats what 'No. 10' means), isn't that a shot gun calibre and would you use this in a shot gun? I expect there are people out there who will know all about these things!

Dave
 
It is a fairly standard ball load for a 10 bore shotgun, mainly used for large thin skinned game like Kudu or similar. Not for thick skinned game like elephant or buffalo.

Many of these shotguns were of Paradox type whereby the last few inches of the muzzle were rifled, a system invented by Col.Fosbery of revolver fame.

Ball loads like this were made in all the standard shotgun calibres, 28b, 20b,12b, 10b, 8b, and even 4 bore.

Regards
TonyE
 
Hi all,
Holland and Holland produced a double barrel big game gun with rifling just at the end of the barrels i cannot remember for the life of me its correct name but i see one once, a real beast of a gun,,,,,, Dave
 
TonyE said:
It is a fairly standard ball load for a 10 bore shotgun, mainly used for large thin skinned game like Kudu or similar. Not for thick skinned game like elephant or buffalo.

Many of these shotguns were of Paradox type whereby the last few inches of the muzzle were rifled, a system invented by Col.Fosbery of revolver fame.

Ball loads like this were made in all the standard shotgun calibres, 28b, 20b,12b, 10b, 8b, and even 4 bore.

Regards
TonyE
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many thanks as always TonyE, all these years of collecting and I'd never seen anything like it before. Should have spent more time studying! Going off to find out what a Kudu is now.

regards, dave
 
Rrickoshae said:
hi Don, I can't find anything about it other than, according to the last owner, it came from a river! The way its crimped would suggest it is a pukka commercial loading rather than a home made job. I expect over the next day or so someone will come up with the answer, they always do come good in my experience of this forum

regards, dave
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Hey Dave,
what bait are you using? all I ever seem to catch are bloody fish! :wink:

Tony
 
don't know what you're complaining about, I can't even catch them!

It must be a very interesting stretch of water, but I don't know where it is. The bait I use is called sd!
 
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