Reply With QuoteGood find, never seen those before & very interesting that one cal made in the uk & the other in japan.
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A pistol I just bought had a couple of vintage tin’s with it. One was a blue tin of Keenfire .177 pellets. I have searched the internet and can only find green tins. They look identical except for the color. Anybody have a blue tin?
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Good find, never seen those before & very interesting that one cal made in the uk & the other in japan.
Oy, that's my table!
Whilst the Keenfires themselves are not that rare / hard to acquire if you look further afield then the UK ......they pop up the states a lot as were rebranded European etc. pellets I recall imported over there (as were many other American named / retailed brands ) I never saw a blue tin when I was collecting.
ATB, ED
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A major American collector posted this picture today on another forum.
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Are they slugs rather than diabolos then? Or is the tin empty ?
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Dave Trull on the AVA spotted that the pellets in the blue tin were 'spitzers' (pointed slugs) unlike the diabolos in the green tins.Originally Posted by Jerry Cornelius
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..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
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Mine is on the way. Hoping it has pellets. We shall see.
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They seem to be pointed slugs.
Larry H's blue Keenfire slugs:
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..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Clue is on the lable, which shows what you get, ie. the green and white tins had either Germanic or Eley / Lanes types in if a diablo illustrated on the lable.
Similar in ways to or German pellets found in "National" tins or USA Branded "Marksman" or other USA "Brands" .......even the tins were similar or some types, looking / sized like either early Wasp types or later Webley with just a lable on or screen printed.
If I had them still to hand I could show this, I noted it at the time and was going to do a list of European pellets I had come across re-sold in the USA back from Stoegar Hornet and before days, it's still going on today.
At the time a mate in the USA was buying tins off eblag there for me and bringing them back, I did the same on my numerous trips as USA sellers very often would not post abroad, and USA based items are often invisable to a UK search so you need a .com account as well.
ATB, Ed
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