Well, a few days ago I get to the gun shop and there's a box of old cartridges that, as I was told, an elderly lady dropped off for disposal.
Not letting things go to waste, I picked through... and imemdiately asked if I may have it, since it was full of .41 LC, .32 rimfire, .38acp, .32 WCF, etc.
There's one, single rifle cartridge I pulled out, still shiny, that puzzles the hell out of me.
Dimensions:
neck inner .432"
neck outer .455"
Case overall 2.35"
rim .58"
case base (just above rim) .502
shoulder end to neck .75"
shoulder start to case end 1.5"
It has a mauser-style rim on it, and a bizarre headstamp:
North - E
West - 7
East - 86
South - what appears to be an 8 sided gear, or an 8 petalled 'mum.
it doesn't match 11.15 mauser, the werndl cartridges I can find, 11 murata's rim is too wide... I'm stumped. It's like a 97% sized .43 mauser.
Any clues?
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EDIT: I peeke dinside to see if it was boxer or berdan... I cant' tell. I can tell you that it's a BP cartridge, since some powder is still packed in the bottom of the cartridge! That tells me it's unfired, it's natural size... and there's a little piece of what looks like red or maroon patching paper still stuck underneath where the bullet would have seated.
Not letting things go to waste, I picked through... and imemdiately asked if I may have it, since it was full of .41 LC, .32 rimfire, .38acp, .32 WCF, etc.
There's one, single rifle cartridge I pulled out, still shiny, that puzzles the hell out of me.
Dimensions:
neck inner .432"
neck outer .455"
Case overall 2.35"
rim .58"
case base (just above rim) .502
shoulder end to neck .75"
shoulder start to case end 1.5"
It has a mauser-style rim on it, and a bizarre headstamp:
North - E
West - 7
East - 86
South - what appears to be an 8 sided gear, or an 8 petalled 'mum.
it doesn't match 11.15 mauser, the werndl cartridges I can find, 11 murata's rim is too wide... I'm stumped. It's like a 97% sized .43 mauser.
Any clues?
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EDIT: I peeke dinside to see if it was boxer or berdan... I cant' tell. I can tell you that it's a BP cartridge, since some powder is still packed in the bottom of the cartridge! That tells me it's unfired, it's natural size... and there's a little piece of what looks like red or maroon patching paper still stuck underneath where the bullet would have seated.
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