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  1. 20-02-2024, 03:52 PM #1
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    Any vintage ammo experts on here.

    Hi guys

    Bought an old .22 that came with a bunch of older ammo, a right mixed bag.
    Is it worth the hassle listing these nowadays or better off plinking it off into the dirt.
    It's ICI, ICI shorts, cobra and other bits. Will put up some photos once sorted through them.
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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  3. 20-02-2024, 04:30 PM #2
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    Shoot possums etc with it?
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  4. 20-02-2024, 06:37 PM #3
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    Vintage ?

    I’m still using that stuff on rabbits
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    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
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    Full packets in tidy condition have some collector value. Please put some pictures up.
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  6. 20-02-2024, 07:14 PM #5
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    Cobra isn’t all that old 1990s
    “I don’t care a damn about these people who can split a pea at three hundred yards. What I want to know about is how good he is on a charging buffalo at six feet."

    Philip Percival
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    "Cobra" was marketed by Kilwell Rotorua in the late 1980's onwards. It was re-branded Winchester Superspeed HV hollowpoint and was good stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gundoc View Post
    Full packets in tidy condition have some collector value. Please put some pictures up.
    Don't think they are up to serious collectors standards.
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rockland View Post
    "Cobra" was marketed by Kilwell Rotorua in the late 1980's onwards. It was re-branded Winchester Superspeed HV hollowpoint and was good stuff.
    Got a bunch of the super speed too
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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    The batch in the whisper box is a real random mix.
    Got another box but it's so corroded it needs to be disposed.
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    Shoot possums etc with it?
    Got plenty of modern subs for that, all same brand/ weight.
    Got to a point a few years ago where I don't enjoy sighting in rifles and doing load development, trying different ammo anymore.
    Now I chuck a scope on ,sight in with ammo we already have in stock and if it shoots good enough for hunting am not messing with it.
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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    Only really old possibly collectables are the 2 ICI packets.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    Only really old possibly collectables are the 2 ICI packets.
    Thanks @Marty Henry
    So not a great loss if I dispose of them next time am out.
    Nothing is tough about having a 70 lb bow and looking like an uncoordinated praying mantis while trying to draw it back.
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    Ive got some pretty old ammo I use on possums. They still die. This stuff is still marked in shillings and pence or whatever it was back then and looks to be copper cases
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    Quote Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris View Post
    Cobra isn’t all that old 1990s
    30 years ago...

    Sent from my SM-T225 using Tapatalk
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boar Freak View Post
    Thanks @Marty Henry
    So not a great loss if I dispose of them next time am out.
    But in another 30-40 years....
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