W. R. Pape Headstamps

This page contains W.R. Pape shotshell headstamp photos and production date ranges. The date ranges below are not exact but an estimation of production dates based on available information. If you are aware of evidence that proves a date range on a brand of shell is incorrect then please email me with a photo of said evidence so I can change the date.

William Pape opened a gun-making shop in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1858. In 1889 he passed the business on to his son Victor. W.R. Pape loaded and old shotshells made for them by manufacturers such as Eley and Kynoch. The store managers bought the business in 1935 and changed the name to Bagnall & Kirkwood.

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Headstamps
W.R. Pape Newcastle
Pape Newcastle & Sunderland

Shell cases
W.R. Pape Eley Nobel
W.R.Pape Ranger
W.R.Pape Setter

W.R. Pape Newcastle	Gauge	Comments	Date Range
	No 12	Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 12	Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 12	Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 16	Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 16	Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 20		Working on it

Pape Newcastle & Sunderland	Gauge	Comments	Date Range
	No 12	Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it
	No 12	Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan	Working on it

W.R. Pape Eley Nobel Shell Case	Headstamp	Top Wad	Date Range
			1922 - 1927
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan. Date range is from Ken Rutherford's book.

Pape's Ranger Shell Case	Headstamp	Top Wad	Date Range
			working on it
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan.

W.R. Pape's The Setter	Headstamp	Top Wad	Date Range
			Working on it
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan