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The shotgun cartridge business was separated out as "Eley Hawk" and sold to Spanish firm Maxam Explosives. Although a separate company, Eley Hawk continues to operate from the same site as a tenant in Eley Limited's factory. In 2014, Eley became independent as a result of a management buyout backed by private equity firm LDC (part of Lloyds TSB).
IMI became independent of ICI in 1977, still producing rimfire and shotgun cartridges for the sporting markets. The more economically viable production of shotgun and rimfire ammunition continued. The Ammunition Division was incorporated separately as Eley Limited in 1983.
Though used before this, (as seen in surviving pinfire shotshells that lists the names of early gun makers he signed contracts with in 1833 and 1834,) [1] [5] in 1835 [2] he was granted an addition to the 1832 patent for a new type of cartridge in which the cartridge's priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin which protrudes radially ...
The .360 bore (9.1 mm) is a shotgun bore. Its main uses included collecting ornithological specimens, pest control, and self-defense, often concealed in walking stick or cane guns. [1] The .360 bore was first created by Eley Brothers Ltd, a London based ammunition company founded in 1828. A .360 bore load is often defined as a "2 in (51 mm ...
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges (RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges. It includes cartridges that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Aggregate of articles about firearm cartridges developed by the ammunition manufacturer Eley Brothers .
The cartridges are made using ammunition equipment sold by Fritz Werner Manufacturing, which is why the headstamp's font and markings look German-made. .303 British was phased out for 7.62mm NATO since the mid-1960s and is now sold as a hunting and sporting cartridge. 12 gauge shotgun shells are sold to civilians for hunting. 7.62×39mm Soviet ...
The original military trial "long chamber" cartridge was loaded with a bullet weighing 480 grains (31 g), although for military use it was found to be awkwardly long and difficult to handle and to load, in response Eley Brothers developed the much shorter, bottlenecked .577/450 Martini–Henry cartridge.