Experimental military cartridge from late 50’s to early 1960’s from Denmark made by reforming existing 30-06 brass. It was loaded by Dansk Ammunitionsfabrik A/S because it is shown in a loading table made by them sometime after 1955. Not much is known of the rifle...

This was a DWM development during the 1930’s. The Bergmann cartridge was more powerful than the 7.9x33 because it utilised a larger case, but nothing came of the project.   

During 1973 to 1975, the Polish Military Technical Academy was working on a project to introduce a new intermediate cartridge with superior ballistics to the standard Warsaw Pact 7.62 x 39 mm, the result of which was the 7x41. Work started during 1976 on the LANTAN...

During the post WW1 years, most military powers were searching for a new type of semi-auto infantry weapon to replace their old bolt action rifles. Around 1933 a new cartridge was developed Mr Weibel, a Danish engineer together with two other (Lanz and Fontana)...

This was a development by Polte Magdeburg during the years between WW1 and WW2 when the Germans did research regarding a short cased intermediate cartridge. The Swiss were also doing research in this field and the German experiments might have been done with...

This was one of the short case experimentals done by Germany during the period between WW1 and WW2. It was one of the designs by RWS, but not adopted.      

The 7x49 Second Optimum or Liviano was a development in the debate between the US and the UK in the NATO trials in an attempt to find a replacement for the 30-06 cartridge. The British opted for an intermediate type cartridge, whereas the Americans opted for a full...

This was a further attempt to increase the performance of the 280/30 British. The case length was increased to 49,5mm. MILD STEEL CORE   -TYPE AA GMCS, PAPER FIBER YELLOW TIP (140gr)   -TYPE B     Sectioned example of the paper...

During 1951 to 1953 the BBC (Britian/Belgium/Canada) Committee was formed in one last attempt to develop a new 7mm round acceptable to NATO. One of the cartridges they produced was the 7mm Compromise, also known as the T 65/7 mm. It was comprised of the US FAT1E3 case...

There is a school of thought that this was an experimental development by FN between 1898-1902. FN at that time was a wholly owned subsidiary of DWM (after a lengthy patent battle which FN lost in 1895-96). Supplies sent to the South Africans were made by both (or...

This was an Italian experimental cartridge that was developed during the early 1930’s in order to find a replacement for the 6,5mm Carcano. The cartridge was not adopted and the project cancelled when the 7.35 Carcano was adopted in 1938.        ...

One of the 7mm French cartridges that were developed by Section Technique de l`Artillerie (STA) for an experimental semi-automatic rifle.   

French experimental cartridge dating from the early 1900’s           Bullet shown at 200%

Ordinary 7x 57 with steel case