Thanks All
I know about the new Bisley-made "Wasp" rather than "Eley Wasp" pellets and I certainly would not buy these Bisley made pellets
I'm trying to work out what I have purchased in these plastic tubs with an "Eley Wasp" sticker
The quality is truly s**t
Matty
Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I hope you didn't buy too many
I'm confused
If the pellets I have purchased in black plastic tubs which were advertised and sold as "Proper Eley Wasps" are "Proper" Eley Wasps why are they nothing like the ones I have in a tin with a date stamp which says 4/94 which are super quality.
Does anyone know if real Eley Wasps were actually sold in these black plastic tubs?
Thanks all
Matty
Last edited by MattyBoy; 29-11-2010 at 08:52 AM. Reason: Spelling
Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Ummmm......Has anyone looked at the photos?.....The plastic tub has a proper Eley label, with identical address to the early 90's tins.......
I got about 6 of these a couple of years ago from a military sale....The seller had a eggshell style packing case full of maybe 250 tins/tubs, and had got them along with a load of ammo boxes and other kit from a surplus source (he told me).
I had assumed that they may have been made by Eley for the cadet forces because of this, but to be honest, have never opened one....will do this tonight, and compare with some other very late Eley branded pellets I have in screw tins which on examination are pretty rough as well (not wasps....will explain later)
I would not have thought that Bisley would have used Eley packaging personally!
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Just to make sure everyone understands:
I am 100% confident that these pellets were sold in good faith by the seller.
I am just trying to work out exactly what they are and where they might have come from in terms of production.
Cheers all
Matty
Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I don't think they are!......The label and cut out design is the same as Eley used on their primer tins (often over screen printed Wasp tins)....I think they are Eley branded rather than manufactured pellets...I can't see anyone risking taking on IMI by selling a fake copy....the plastic tubs I have had been sitting in a dusty packing case (wish I had looked more closely now!) sealed for quite a while before the guy bought them at a military disposal sale....I had previously assumed they were produced either after the red tins, or alongside just for large contracts.......I now think they were not even made by Eley / IMI........
I think that near the end of their selling of pellets, Eley used a third party supplier for more than one pellet...as I said earlier, I have several other Eley tins with a large thread similar to the BSA Pylarm .25 tin, and the quality of these is very poor. I will open a couple of the plastic tubs tonight, and dig out the other Eley tins too.
Matty......If yours came off "that auction" site, I contacted the seller to enquire where he got them from when they were first listed, he has quite a few more, and said they were old shop stock.....I am also sure he, as I was when I saw the plastic tubs for the first time, was genuinely sure they were Eley manufacture (as opposed to badged).
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Last edited by edbear2; 29-11-2010 at 10:57 AM.
I bought one of those plastic tubs last year. I have only ever seen the one! Yes, they are rubbish, mostly bent and thin and too light. They say Eley on the label unlike the later ones in a tin, which are better. The original Eley Wasp which I still have some of are superb though. I wonder what the real story is with these plastic tub horrors?
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