Question for Collectors on Old Imperial Ammo
- Thread starter Brocolt
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M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
Not much collector value there. I would shoot them up at late season sharptails, pheasant or maybe turkey. Shot lots of those in my younger years at ducks and geese. They were a decent shell. Quality control at the end went south when CIL sold to IVI... IMO.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
what M12 shooter said. I used some Imperial shells of the same vintage in 16 ga. for late season pheasants this fall, worked well.
Found and couple boxes of Imperials , at a gunshow for $20 , so I bought them , and blasted them of at some clays. 
Maybe it was the age of the ammo , but these rds didn't feel much different than C Tire fieldgrade shells.
I shot Imperial through the 70's and were considered one of the best , aprx $6 -$8 a box .
Sellier & Bellot shot shells were paper , back then , and cost something like $2 a box. These S&B's (#5's usually ) were my go-to ammo for cottontal and /or Bobwhite quail or even clays.
The empty box will likely have just as much value , as a full one , for collectablity.
Maybe it was the age of the ammo , but these rds didn't feel much different than C Tire fieldgrade shells.
I shot Imperial through the 70's and were considered one of the best , aprx $6 -$8 a box .
Sellier & Bellot shot shells were paper , back then , and cost something like $2 a box. These S&B's (#5's usually ) were my go-to ammo for cottontal and /or Bobwhite quail or even clays.
The empty box will likely have just as much value , as a full one , for collectablity.
