Originally Posted by
Abasmajor
Hi David,
I have both variations of the early post-war, round green 500 tin, ie indented and flat lid and a green, flat lidded tin which would have contained 1000 pellets. I believe it was you who confirmed that neither the green 1000 pellet or the orange 500 .22 tin were ever available with an indented lid. I too have found it harder to source the green tins than the orange ones. Presumably this was due to the .22 calibre being more popular than .177 at the time these pellets were produced.
Regards
Brian