Non-lethal self-defence cartridge from ALFAPROJ, a Czech company in business since 1993. The bullet consists of a round rubber ball delivering a painful, bruise at close quarters.
Cartridges
380 EXTRA SHORT
This might also have been an early British development for small, palm sized revolvers, but not much info available. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 374) ...
380 HOWELL
One of a set of 6 cartridges in the Howell range that are based on the 30-06 case and was developed during the mid-90’s by well known firearms writer Ken Howell and rifles and cartridges manufactured by American Hunting Rifles Inc. ...
380 LONG C.F.
This was an English development from the period between 1870 – 1880 and was originally developed for Rook/Rabbit type rifles for varmint hunting. It was also listed in the 1898 Eley catalogue as a revolver cartridge and was also manufactured by various European...
380 LONG CF (RIFLE)
Same as the 380 Short, this was listed for both rifle and handgun. The full list will be shown in the handgun section.
380 REVOLVER MK. 1
The 455 Webley was the official side-arm of British troops during the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, but after hostilities ceased, the military decided that in a modern era a lighter revolver would be sufficient. The firm of Webley & Scott submitted...
380 REVOLVER MK. 2
With concerns that the Mark 1 bullet might not be appropriate according to Art. 23(e) of the Hague Convention, the British Small Arms Committee commenced with trials late in 1936 and into 1937 with a jacketed bullet to replace the round-nosed lead bullet used. Various...
380 RIGBY 2¼”
Proprietary load by Rigby, but cases in all probability made for them by Eley. The top specimen has a HP Lead bullet with wood peg and the bottom one has a hollow point lead bullet
380 SHORT C. F. (LONG CASE)
This was an English development dating from the late 1860’s and was also listed by most European manufacturers. Very similar and in most instances would be interchangeable with the 380 Short Colt. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 378) ...
380 SHORT C. F. (SHORT CASE)
Developed around the late 1860’s and was based on a shortened version of the 380 Short Center Fire (Long Case). Mainly used in cheap mail-order business pocket revolvers (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 379) ...
380 SHORT RIFLE, .060″
Fleming lists this on p. 81. It is exactly the same as the 380 short revolver cartridge. There are Eley boxes that stated these were for rifles and revolvers. I will list one as an example, but the rest will be listed under the handgun section.
380 SMG
This was a Winchester produced cartridge for the Ingram MAC-11 Submachine Gun. Below is a description from the August 1975 AFTE Journal: SPECIAL .380 SUBMACHINE GUN CARTRIDGE FOR MAC (INGRAM) SMG By Monty C. Lutz, Chief Firearms Examiner US Army Crime...
39 BSA
Short summary of the history of the BSA pistol cartridges from Vol. 2 No.7 of The Historical Breechloading Firearm Association by Dr GL Sturgess. Both German and English arms manufacturers suffered a significant decline in their fortunes after the end of WW1 with the...
395 GSC
GSC = Gerard Schulz Custom, a bullet manufacturer in South Africa.
395 TATANKA
The 395 Tatanka was developed by Ronald A. Berry M.D with barrels made by McGowan. Ron has developed about 2 dozen different wildcats, but only two have been loaded as proprietary loadings, namely this one and the 500 Mbogo. It is based on the 416 Rigby case with...
3mm BALL EXPERIMENTAL
This was a continuation of the 3mm microballistic development at Frankford Arsenal during 1962 – 1963 and used the 222 Remington Magnum case necked to 3mm. bullet was a solid copper alloy with a 10 caliber ogive and case has the rippled shoulder. It is not clear if...
4 X 17R ‘Z’ TESCHING
4 X 28.5mm MINIATURE MAUSER
This cartridge is a half scale version of the 7.9x57 (8x57 Mauser). It was produced by Léon Crottet in 1991. The first specimen is a ball round, second specimen is a wooden bulleted blank and the bottom round is a plastic dummy. Shown...
4 X 37 IWK EXPERIMENTAL
Experimental cartridge dating from 1972 by IWK (Industrie Werke Karlsruhe). Based on a shortened 5.56 NATO case.
4 X 45 DAG XPL
Small caliber experimental by DAG in Germany, probably late 70's to early 80's. Base has a red marking, so this might have been some proof load.
4.15 X 44.6 GERMAN EXPERIMENTAL
This was a GERMAN experimental cartridge from the 60's, although DUTCH 5.56 cases were used. The Germans were experimenting with caseless cartridges at the time and these 4.15mm steel bullets were developed. For testing purposes, they were loaded in...
4.2 X 12.2 CASELESS
Shown at 200% size
4.2 X 45 FRANKFORD ARSENAL XPL (.16 FA)
Probably a Frankford Arsenal project from the 1970’s, but very little other info available.
4.3 X 45 DAG
The 4,3x45 and the 4,6x36 cartridges were steps in the development of the G11 rifle and the caseless ammunition of Heckler & Koch. Early trials used the 4,9mm caliber. By February 1973 a decision was made in favour of the 4,3mm caliber because of its better...
4.4 X 14 CASELESS EXPERIMENTAL
Caseless experimental cartridge, but I have no other info on the country or manufacturer. This is a dummy version as can be seen below. There is is red plastic insert where the primer should be. BELOW SHOWN AT 200% SCALE FOR CARTRIDGE AND 400% SCALE FOR BASE
4.5 X 20.2 AUSTRIAN TESCHING
This small Austrian target cartridge may have been developed either for a target rifle or pistol. The headstamp style would probably be around the 1890's Cartridge shown below at 200%
4.5 X 45.6 FN XPL
This was a high velocity French experimental cartridge from the early to mid 70's and was based on the 5.56x45 NATO case.
4.6 X 30 HECKLER & KOCH
The concept of a personal defense weapon is not a new one, starting in the early 80’s with FN’s P90. These are weapons that are intended for non-first-line troops. The first line troops being infantry etc. which are issued with full power rifles such as AR15’s,...
4.6 X 36 SPOONTIP
Dummy with normal GM bullet. The 4,6x36mm cartridge derives from the 'spoon-tipped' CETME CIP-613...
4.6 X 54 FRENCH HIGH VELOCITY XPL
French high velocity experimental dating from the early to mid-1970’s and was based on the 7,5x54 French MAS case. Also used the spoon tip bullet similar to the ones used in the 4.6x36.
4.7 X 21 DAG CASELESS (1ST MODEL)
This was a DAG (Dynamit Nobel AG) development from around 1974 - 1978 The TRACER and AP round shown at 200% scale.
4.7 X 45 DAG HK EXPERIMENTAL
German experimental cartridge from the 60's Black neck seal Break down experimental
4.73 X 33 CASELESS XPL TELESCOPED (G11)
Heckler & Koch development from around 1984 for the G11 assault rifle. The following is an extract from an article The Advanced Combat Rifle Programme (ACR) by J. Lenaerts (B), Military Technology, Vol.XIII, Issue 10.1989. The projectile is embedded in the solid...
4.85 X 44 BRITISH TRANSITIONAL XPL
During the 1960s, the United Kingdom experimented with creating a lightweight but effective replacement for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. Their original experiments focused on a .280 British round necked downed to 6.3mm. However, in the 1960s, a West German study proposed...
4.85 X 49 BRITISH
During the 1960s, the United Kingdom experimented with creating a lightweight but effective replacement for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. Their original experiments focused on a .280 British round necked downed to 6.3mm. However, in the 1960s, a West German study proposed...
4.9 X 45 DAG
40 – 3800 WINCHESTER EXPERIMENTAL
The 40 – 3800 was part of an internal Winchester project called “Armor Machine Gun System” dating from 1968 to develop an improved cartridge based on the .50cal Browning. The name of this cartridge denotes the calibre and velocity, and the overall length of the round...
40 BSA
The third and rarest in a series by BSA, the other being the 26 BSA and the 33 BSA, this one was developed by BSA in 1921 for their sporting version of the P14 rifle. Not very successful and didn't last very long. Bottom version made for collectors by OPM...
40 Cal. BOXER CASE (?)
Unsure of the correct name for this cartridge. It has a foil case and the struck primer can be seen but the base cup is missing. Will update if I have additional info ...
40 EIMER COLT
One of the first shooters and wildcatters that began experimenting with .40cal. cartridges was “Pop” Eimer, a Joplin Missouri gunsmith who, in 1924 started cutting down 401 Winchester Self Loading cases to 1,25” for use in a Colt Single-Action Army revolver that was...
40 EVERLASTING 1.97″ ?
An identical, or very similar cartridge to this, is shown in Robert T. Buttweiler’s auction catalogue (1987) Vol.IV, Number 2, item 111. The write-up is shown below. “Although this .40 2 " EVERLASTING does not correspond to a known STEVENS round, it shows a...
40 JAYANDEN DESIGN
This is an unprimed empty of the Jayanden Design case. In 1941 Sir Dennis Burney, a senior executive with Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (ICI) approached the Ministry of Supply with ideas for improving the efficiency and ballistics of the .303...
40 NEWTON
40 SMITH & WESSON
The 40 Smith & Wesson is based on the 10mm Auto case that was shortened to 0.85in. (21.60mm). There is a long and interesting history of how the 40 S&W came to be that started during the early 1970’s when the late Jeff Cooper was looking for a cartridge that...
40 SUPER
The 40 Super was developed by Triton Cartridge in January 1996 when Fernando Coelho (president and founder of Triton Cartridge) and Tom Burczynski (inventor of Hydra-Shok, Starfire and Quik-Shok bullets) began experimenting with the .45 Super case necked down to .40...
40 SWITCH Anti-Personnel #8
Dummy with wooden bullet
40 TAURUS
This was a joint development by CCI and Taurus with the cartridges manufactured by CCI for Taurus in July 1993. With the development of the 40 S&W, Taurus experienced a decline in sales from their 38 Special revolvers and they were looking to regain market share...
40- 40 MAYNARD Mod.1873 1.86″
40- 40 MAYNARD Mod.1882
40- 40 MAYNARD Mod.1865