Hungarian "Hunter" 12 ga. ammo

[kjohn]

Another prize from my recent acquisition. Roll crimp. Paper. Another first for me.

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[kjohn]

Has anybody seen this ammo in the past? Any positive input is appreciated.

 

[Craig0ry]

Very interesting, anything on the box that indicates year? If they are pre 1964 the Nike shoes has some explaining to do on where they got their name and symbol haha

 

[Wildey]

cool!

 

[blackbagop]

Very interesting, anything on the box that indicates year? If they are pre 1964 the Nike shoes has some explaining to do on where they got their name and symbol haha

NiKe stands for Nitrokémia. That is the full name of the company. They used to abreviate every word... especially military related.

 

[kjohn]

I wondered about the "Nike", but not being fluent in Hungarian, I just presumed it was a promotional thing - maybe tied in with Olympics. Struck out on that one!

Thanks for the input.

 

[Zantarthewise]

Remonds me of ### panther cologne for some reason. 60% of the time it works every time.

 

[madtrapper143]

Perfect match for my FEG Continental side by side. Cool box.

Darryl

 

[cement head]

Neat box. that stuff has to be from the 1960ties to 70ties. I'll bet it would still go bang . but better to hang onto it.

 

[kjohn]

No worries. I’ll put on display in my playhouse along with my other “collector” ammo.

Stupid spellcheck. ��

 

[bluelynx]

The Shells are from the late sixties and early seventies. Large department stores used to sell these shells at really low prices. Another popular cheap Polish brand was called "Azot". One brand that still exists to this day is Sellier & Belliot. They disappeared from the Canadian market about the same time Gevelot quit making shells in Canada.


The smell of the burnt powder from those shells reveals a really high nitrate content, something like burnt chicken poop. Totally disgusting.


These cheap functional shells disappeared when the Liberal government of the time gave Imperial Chemical a virtual monopoly on shot shell sales in Canada. And along went cheap shotgun shells in Canada and I think the appearance of the high quantity reloading press.

 

[Longwalker]

I used a few boxes of those shells back in the day. They were interesting, and cheap, but patterns were extremely poor in my guns. I ended up using them for crows and skunks and such, they just didn't have the range or pattern consistency for shooting ducks.