Aussie Metal Detecting & Fishing

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

GaugeCommentsDate Range
W.R. Pape No 12 Newcastle EleyNo 12Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
w r pape eley newcastle no 12No 12Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
Pape's Ranger 12ga headstampNo 12Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
W.R. Pape No 16 NewcastleNo 16Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
W.R. Pape Newcastle No 16 EleyNo 16Eley made shell. Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
w.r. pape newcastle no 20No 20Working on it

Pape Newcastle & Sunderland

GaugeCommentsDate Range
pape kynoch no 12No 12Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it
pape kynoch no 12 sunderlandNo 12Photo courtesy of Jim BuchananWorking on it

W.R. Pape Eley Nobel Shell Case

HeadstampTop WadDate Range
pape collingwood shell caseeley nobel 20pape collingwood top wad1922 - 1927
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan. Date range is from Ken Rutherford's book.

Pape's Ranger Shell Case

HeadstampTop WadDate Range
Pape's Ranger 12ga shell casePape's Ranger 12ga headstampPape's Ranger 12ga top wadworking on it
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan.

W.R. Pape's The Setter

HeadstampTop WadDate Range
Pape The Setter 20ga shell casePape The Setter 20ga headstampPape The Setter 20ga top wadWorking on it
Photo courtesy of Jim Buchanan

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