Identify My "Dream" Gun

[Brian Pfleuger]

Ok, the cartridges of my dream, really.

So, I had this dream the other night wherein I was hunting. The gun I carried was an 1873 Winchester but it was chambered in SEVERAL cartridges....

One was 7mm-08, no surprise since it's my favorite.... the other two were most curious and probably don't really exist but I wonder if the vast TFL knowledge base can come up with something close....

The first was what looked like a .30-30 but it had a HUGE wide rim and appeared to be rimfire. Like a 30-30 case with a quarter sized rim.

The other was a shotgun shell but it was shorter and MUCH fatter than 12ga. It seemed about 1 3/4 inches long, maybe a little less, and at least as big around as a 50 cent piece.

Any ideas?

 

[horseman308]

Well, I don't know about the cartridges, but I'm sure Freud would have something to say

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

No body? You guys are no fun.

 

[nate45]

Winchester Model 71 .348 Winchester.

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

Interesting!

It did look a lot like that but the rim was quite a bit bigger...

and the DEC officer in my dream told me the rifle was an 1873 Winchester.

 

[Mike Irwin]

I think you need to stop eating anchovy and pineapple pizza before you go to bed.

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

I don't do anchovies.... or pineapple.... on pizza.

Wasn't it you that replied to a thread about a wide-rimmed, rimfire cartridge not too long ago?

I wonder if that's where I got the idea.

You gotta admit, an 1873 in 7mm-08 would be pretty cool. The polymer tipped bullets I was loading might be a problem though....

 

[Nitesites]

Don't eat the marshmallow...

 

[mj246]

Maybe your dreams are telling you to get into the ammo/cartridge development business

 

[Mike Irwin]

"Wasn't it you that replied to a thread about a wide-rimmed, rimfire cartridge not too long ago?"

Close.

It was a Maynard .50. They had a very large rim, but were not rimfire. They were externally primed (separate percussion cap on a nipple) like the Burnsides.

 

[griz]

Here is your shotgun shell. I believe it's diameter is larger than the barrel of an 1873 so I don't know how you could make it work, but that's what dreams are for.

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

The Maynard .50, yes, I remember now. The cartridge in my dream was like that .348Win with a Maynard .50 rim.

What is that shotshell? The size looks close but the one in my dream was red plastic and birdshot. it looked like a short, fat Winchester Super-X.

 

[griz]

It is some sort of adapter to allow firing regular shotshells in a 37 MM grenade launcher.

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

Oh... not so much close in size then! Proportions look right, much too big.