Kevin:
I just sold two cases on GunBroker.16's .....after calling the UK and finding out from their sales manager, that they do not import to the NA market anymore.....she, the sales manager, said they were looking for a new dealer in this market, but had not been successful to date........she actually sounded like they were "really" not looking too hard........I had contacted them some two years back when the Austin, TX company quit handling Eley and they said the same thing, "looking".....I still have three cases (12's/16's/20's), but I think I will hold on to them.....
The rimfire ammunition is imported by Eley LTD....Eley LTD sold off the shotshell division to another company with the rights to still use the Eley name, They call themselves Eley Hawk, very confusing....but TWO different companies.
F.Y.I.: THE ELEY hulls are NOT worth much for reloading, paper or plastic....the brass easily tears during re-sizing....the case mouths usually burn out on the first firing.....Cheddite's are ten times as good...and you can buy the 2.5's almost anywhere new and primed and load them to your specifications....GRAFS.COM or Precisionreloading.com both stock them. For some reason Eley 16 cases are listed on the box as 65mm, then labeled on the shell itself as 67.5 mm...so in a 2 9/16" chamber like our old doubles (16's), the cases are actually a little long, especially if your chamber and forcing cones are original.....
