Sporting Gun

What’s in a name?

We featured Eley Olympic Blues (January issue) a while back; now its Superb cartridges come under the spotlight. The Superb range sits neatly between the popular mid-range Blues and the top-of-the-range VIP and Titanium types. Attractively priced for a competition cartridge, the Superb range, at around £50 less per 1,000 than Titanium and around £30 above the Eley Blues, has worked very well, and has proved popular across the disciplines, especially Trap and Sporting clays.

The addition of a 24g option has also increased the range of disciplines that Eley Superb can be used in. Results confirm that the Superb range has carved out a very creditable name for performance among plenty of competition shooters, who seek the patterns and performance they need to achieve consistently high scores. So let’s take a closer look.

Eley recently launched new packaging for some of its range, with very smart, modern designs for its 25-clay cartridge cartons. Both types were on sale side by

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