Vintage pellet info/chinwag

[Garvin]

That's a nice little collection you have there Danny, and in great condition as well.

Thanks Mick. The nicer old items came from: Orange Webley round tin in a swap from Len in Canada. The unopened prewar BSA pellet tin was a very generous gift from Frank in the Netherlands after I sent him something from the UK years ago, and the green Webley box came with a BBS purchase of this Webley Junior:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ior/#post-2857

[Abasmajor]

[QUOTE=Garvin;7933595]Hi Brian

I was just browsing through that old AVA archive and in a post by someone called Dean, a Canadian, I spotted this tin, which I think you'll be interested in!

Hi Danny,

The orange sectored tin of 500 .177 pellets was the hardest to find although a couple have come to the surface since I finally got my hands on this one.
The general consensus is that the colour convention anomaly was due to an error in the printing preparation rather than a deliberate intention which Webley didn't think worth correcting. I believe this tin may also have appeared in the same 1970s price list as the miniature tin and featured in a Webley air rifle advertisement around the same time.



Brian

[Abasmajor]

Just when you think it couldn't get crazier, it does. Check out Item No 264882621789 on that well known internet auction site.

Brian

[micky2]

Thanks Mick. The nicer old items came from: Orange Webley round tin in a swap from Len in Canada. The unopened prewar BSA pellet tin was a very generous gift from Frank in the Netherlands after I sent him something from the UK years ago, and the green Webley box came with a BBS purchase of this Webley Junior:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ior/#post-2857

Hi Danny, that's a really nice condition boxed prewar Junior, l have one in very much the same condition, but mine didn't come with a nice box of pellets.