You can still buy these from most gun shops,my local retails them for around £7,50. Certainly not worth any more just because they are 1999.
Not rare at all.
Ok guys what is the going rate for full tins of genuine Eley Wasp 5.56mm pellets circa 1999?
Any help appreciated
ATB
Craiga Boy
You can still buy these from most gun shops,my local retails them for around £7,50. Certainly not worth any more just because they are 1999.
Not rare at all.
I think your getting mixed up between Bisley and Eley Wasp. They come in very similar tins but I wouldn't put the former through my vacuum cleaner. Cr@p. Now, genuine Eley Wasp - Ive seen full tins on that there web site go for £15+
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Original Eley Wasps stopped being made approx 10 years back. Since then similar looking pellets in similar looking tins have been made by a different company (Bisley I believe), and are marketed as simply 'Wasps'.
Because any tins still badged Eley harp back to a by-gone era (1960s, 1970s and 1980s), there is a level of demand for tins such as yours among collectors, but in essence, imo, they have no greater value than the new tins as mentioned by flogger above? Hope this (sort of) helps?
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defiant vintage 5.6 are around £18, so £15 sounds about right for a near enough full tin if they are in decent condition.
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These are genuine Eley wasp 5.6mm and not Bisley rubbish so ideal for vintage English rifles. I agree with the £15+ valuation which is what I thought, what about genuine Eley 5.5mm Wasps in the purple tins? How much for these?
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I bought ten tins of the 5.5 Eley wasps off a mate for £50 he also gave me a few tins of the crappy wasps too for plinking!!
I think i've shot two tins, Given six tins away to various mates and I think I still have two tins left! They shoot superbly in my old Venom HW35
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Genuine Eley Wasps in 5.6mm are sought after as they are the correct size to fit in English pre-1970's No.2 Bore barrels. They are absolutely brilliant in early Airsporters, or pre-war BSA Standards, Imp D's etc. The 5.5mm Wasps aren't as sought after, as they are the same size as endless modern pellets which are 10 a penny.
Sadly the Bisley wasps and NOTHING like the genuine pellets, and in my opinion arent worth scrap value, compared to the real thing. I have seen full tins of the 5.6mm Genuine Wasps go for as much as £25.00 on the bay of evil, but that is exceptional.