Paul Cat Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 The obvious question (for me) is.....why? Setting aside the novelty factor what possible use might these have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicklock Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Cheating Gaining an advantage in target shooting? "No, I was doing really well before the card mysteriously burst into flames... oh well, I'll have to try again?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Fun?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, brown dog said: Fun?! Yeah, Some people can't see that side of shooting As it is, I actually have some here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meles meles Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Looks like fun to us ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, meles meles said: Looks like fun to us ! Don’t use the F word, it’ll give people the wrong idea about us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy W Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 They were quite common in the 90's, but impossible to get now in the UK AFAIK I can recall going to a quarry range at dusk and blatting loads of these. VillaDave will probably remember too. We also had 12 bore aerial maroons (crow scarer rounds) which were a hoot fired along the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villadave59 Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Roy W said: They were quite common in the 90's, but impossible to get now in the UK AFAIK I can recall going to a quarry range at dusk and blatting loads of these. VillaDave will probably remember too. We also had 12 bore aerial maroons (crow scarer rounds) which were a hoot fired along the ground Yep remember it well,maroons were black powder propelled I think , good f*n good bunch of lads as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger7717 Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 4 hours ago, bradders said: Yeah, Some people can't see that side of shooting As it is, I actually have some here Have you any intension of using them Mark?....If not I'll have them off you if you want to sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted August 30, 2018 Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 I've still got some of these, great fun and used to trace very well out to two or three hundred yards - unfortunately a tried a few recently and only one out of ten actually traced, and then only poorly. I contacted Eley a couple of years ago to see if they were available but was told that they would never make another run as the machine was damaged in a fire and would not be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cat Posted August 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 Cheating Gaining an advantage in target shooting? "No, I was doing really well before the card mysteriously burst into flames... oh well, I'll have to try again?" Oh yes, a bit of mischief wouldn't go amiss. Shooting someone else's target, even better. I get the fun bit but these surely remain novel for about ten rounds? On the other hand, the thunderflashes and smoke grenades I have in my ammunition safe....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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