Cartridges
45- 60 REMINGTON BLACK HILLS RIFLE
From Hoyem 2 p. 33 – “In his book REMINGTON America’s Oldest Gunmaker, author Roy Marcot describes on page 100 the Black Hills Rifle, made only in 1877 and 1878, based on the No. 1 military receiver with 28” barrel, standard sporting stock and fore-end, and chambered...
45- 60 WESSON TARGET
45- 60 WINCHESTER
45- 70 ELKO MAGNUM
45- 70 MAGNUM
45- 70-420 Van CHOATE 2 ¼”
45- 70-480 PEABODY 2.2″
This is the bottom specimen from Hoyem 4 p.71. This cartridge was made by the Providence Tool Company from Providence, Rhode Island and was based on the British Martini Henry cartridge but with the shoulder pushed back and a longer neck. The Martini case was...
45- 75 WINCHESTER
For the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) French
45- 75-420 SHARPS 2.1″
IT IS THE 45-70 SPRINGFIELD LOADED FOR SHARPS
45- 78 WOLCOTT
Named after Mr H.H Wolcott, President of the Starr Arms Co. Maybe intended as a match cartridge.
45- 80-500 SHARPS 2.1″
45- 82-405 WINCHESTER
45- 85 BULLARD – BALLARD – MARLIN
45- 85 WARD BURTON
45- 85 WINCHESTER
45- 90 WINCHESTER
Dating from around October 1886, this was one of the first cartridges offered in the Winchester M1886 rifle and was listed up to around 1911. RMTA is for Rocky Mountain Tool and Armoury. Board dummy
45-100 BROWN STANDARD
Basically a scarce loading of the 45-100 Sharps 2.6”
45-100 HOLDEN
Smaller in rim dimensions than the Sharps cases, but with larger body and head. Cyrus B. Holden used to work with Frank Wesson in the early 1870’s, but then began making his own single shot rifles. The brass case shown was made by Winchester. See Hoyem 4 p.109.
45-100 REMINGTON №.3 MILITARY CREEDMOOR 2.6″
Very similar to the 45-100 Sharps 2.6” – See also RTB X 2-291
45-100 SHARPS STRAIGHT 2.6″
45-100 SHARPS STRAIGHT 2 ¾”
45-100 SHARPS STRAIGHT 2.4″
45-105 SHARPS STRAIGHT 2 ⅞”
45-110 SHARPS STRAIGHT 2 7/8″
under construction
45-120 SHARPS STRAIGHT 3 ¼”
The BACO headstamp is by Buffalo Arms Co., Ponderay, ID with cases made for them by Bertrams
45-125 WINCHESTER EXPRESS
45-70 GOVERNMENT
At the end of the US Civil War in 1865, the military continued in their search to improve the weapons in their arsenal and that lead to the adoption of the Model 1865 Springfield based on the work done by Erskine S. Allin, who was the master armorer at the Springfield...
45-80-500 SPRINGFIELD SHARPSHOOTER
Source: icollector.com During the late 1870’s there were a number of Army marksmen who were interested in competing in long range shooting matches, especially the Creedmoor matches held at Long Island, NY. The U.S. Congress however could not see either...
45/38 SALVO SQUEEZE BORE
The Salvo Squeeze Bore (SSB) is a system designed to increase hit probability and/or target saturation. This objective is attained through firing a number of projectiles with each shot through a barrel of special squeeze design. The projectiles are nested in tandem...
450 2 ½” DRAWN EXPRESS
Don't have much info on this cartridge. Hoyem list a 450 2 ½" version on p.77, but those specimens all have coiled cases.
450 2 ½” DRAWN SOPER
The drawn case was probably intended for sporting rifles and would have appeared after the Military Rifle trails.
450 2 ¾” EXPRESS
This is the version that is listed on p. 84 of Hoyem. It is based on the 450 3 ¼" case shortened to 2 ¾". The case therefore has a slight bottleneck
450 2- 6/10″ MATCH
This cartridge was patterned on the 45 2.6" Sharps in the 1880's for use in target rifles. Proprietary loadings were by Rigby and Fraser.
450 2-5/16″ DRAWN SOPER
This is the shorter version of the 2½" case
450 2-5/16″ NEW SOUTH WALES
The following from Fleming: "The 450 2-5/16" NEW SOUTH WALES should actually be called the "450 short chamber Boxer-Henry carbine cartridge". It was designed around 1870 for use in a Henry Cavalry Carbine. This carbine was used extensively by Australia's Military and...
450 2½” COILED SOPER
Except for the bullet that differs from the one shown in Fleming, the measurements are exactly the same. Fleming states that it was developed around 1866 by William Soper to be submitted to the 1866 British Rifle trials. It was a competition to find a rifle to replace...
450 2½” NEW SOUTH WALES
Longer version of the 2 5/16" case. Might have preceded it as this is a foil case with brown cardboard wrap.
450 3 ¼” NITRO EXPRESS
Kynoch Tropical Tin to protect the cartridges from moisture in humid climates
450 3″ EXPRESS
I am not 100% sure about this one. There is no mention in Fleming of a 3" version of this cartridge. Case has a pronounced crimp.
450 3″ COILED
450 3 ¼” CERTUS
This is the proprietary load for Cogswell & Harrison's CERTUS bolt action rifle. It had an odd looking "long throw" bolt with the operating handle in front. Otherwise the same as the normal 450 3 ¼" NITRO.
450 3 ¼” COILED BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
450 3 ¼” DRAWN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
Scholefield Goodman & Sons, Birmingham was a UK retailer and exporter and had a long relationship with the seal hunting fleet based in Newfoundland and traded directly with them for many years. Cartridges were made for them by Kynoch. The...
450 3 ¼” HENRY LONG CHAMBER
450 3 ¼” NITRO FOR BLACK POWDER
This version has the European Taper Base style and is in all probability European made, maybe RWS. The 450 3 ¼" NITRO is also known in Europe as the 11.6 X 82.5R E EXPRESS (E = English).
450 A-TEC
- info to follow -
450 ACKLEY
Prototype model with lower shoulder by Peter Pichler Last specimen made from PMP basic brass
450 ADAMS Mk.I – III
450 ADAMS Mk.I The 450 Adams Mk I was approved on the 21st of December 1868. The cartridge had an iron base-disk, with brass case and copper primer inserted in the rivet to hold the base disk to the case and was loaded with 13 gr. black powder. It was replaced...
450 ALASKAN