10mm MAUSER LONG
Cartridge for an experimental German revolver. The headstamp H.EHRMANN & C x CARLSRUHE x dates this as a very early development as the Ehrmann factory ceased operations in 1882. This cartridge was also only shown in the 1882 Lorenz Export catalogue. (Erlmeier,...
257 HELLBENDER
375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND MAGNUM IMPROVED
One of a few ‘improved’ versions of the old 375 Holland & Holland case.
41 ACTION EXPRESS
The 41 Action Express was developed at the end of 1986 or early 1987 by Evan Whilden who designed the cartridge and Bob Olsen from Olsen Development Labs who did the designs on the gun. With the 41 Magnum not being the success that S&W hoped for, Evan and Bob set...
30 HiVAP FUNCTIONING TEST
30 HiVAP (High Velocity All Purpose) Function Test, circa 1967. It was intended for high rate of fire (30,000 rpm) gun system for aircraft. Both specimens shown below at 150% scale.
30 DUPLEX (CAL. 30 SERVICE CASE) PROJECT SALVO
Testing with the Cal. 30 Service case (30-06) started as early as July 1953 at Johns Hopkins University for pre-Salvo tests. These loads were done on commercial cases. In 1954 development moved to cases with elongated necks but resumed again in 1956 with the standard...
30 DUPLEX T65 (PROJECT SALVO)
This cartridge was developed by Olin Corporation during 1953-54. It consisted of the .30 Light Rifle case with an elongated neck for a duplex load. It was also called the 30 Duplex T65.
30 COLT SSB
This was an SSB (Salvo Squeeze Bore) development by the Military Arms Division from COLT. it is loaded with 3 bullets and each loaded round has a small "dimple" on the primer where the round had been chambered
30 Cal. XPL UNKNOWN
The notes I have with this cartridge states that it was originally from Bill Woodin via the collection of the late Peter Skala. It has been floating around in the unidentified tray for a long time and I have not been able to find any info either in the ECRA Database...
30 Cal. PRIVATE PROPOSAL TO WINCHESTER
As far as could be ascertained, this was a private submission to Winchester in the quest to manufacture ammunition at a lower cost but the proposal was rejected.
30 Cal. OMEGA
- info to follow - Replica made for collectors by OPM South Africa
30 Cal. HIGH PRESSURE TEST
High Pressure cartridges date from around 1908. This is a rimless, grooveless version. This was used to proof-test the barrels at the early stages of production. The case was smaller in diameter and used a lead, flat based blunt bullet of about 220gr. it would have...
30 Cal. GYROJET
This was one of the .30 Cal Gyrojet designs that utilised empty GMCS jackets by Speer Bullet Company, Lewiston ID. They are found with both pointed and rounded ogive and it is believed that that these rounded ogive versions were taken from the production line prior to...
30 Cal. DEATHWIND PROTOTYPE
This is supposed to be a next generation rocket type projectile, in the same vein as the Gyrojet series from the 1960’s. There is a website (http://www.deathwind.com/project.htm) as well as a feature in the RSACCA Newsletter 238 (3rd Quarter 2011).
30 BLAKE
This is the rimless version of the 30-40 Krag cartridge
30 BALL DUPLEX (PROJECT SALVO)
These cartridges used a Cal. 30 Service Case (30-06) with spitser type bullet for use in the SALVO field trials. Some loadings have the rear bullet with longitudinal grooves to allow for the propellant gasses to ignite a 2 grain charge between the 2 bullets to obtain...
30 Cal 1,000-Yard DANGER SPACE
This is a replica of the 30 Cal. 1000 yard Danger Space cartridge. It was an experimental round that dates from April 1910 at Frankford Arsenal and the idea was to develop a round that would give a continuous ‘danger space’ of 1 000 yards, meaning that the flight of...
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...
375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND MAGNUM
The 375 H&H was introduced by Holland & Holland in 1912 and it went on to become one of the most versatile and successful big game hunting cartridges ever developed, although they listed it as a medium bore cartridge. When the Germans introduced the 9.3x62...
7.5 X 45 CZECH EXPERIMENTAL
This was a Czech development during the post WW2 years when work stated on a new 7,5mm caliber for an assault rifle.
7.5 X 42 CRBA
This was a French development dating from 1949 by the Satory Ballistics Research Centre.
7.5 X 38 SWISS PAT. 47/52
This is part of the post WW2 development for an assault rifle that was based on the 7.5x55 Swiss case. There are descriptions of these on p. 137 - 140 of the booklet Cartridge Headstamps of Switzerland 1867 - 1985 by Michael am Rhyn This case has a brass...
7.5 X 38 SWISS PAT. 47
This was a post WW2 development based on the 7.5 x 55 Swiss case.
7.5 X 37R RUBIN KURZ
info to follow
7.5 X 27 SWISS (SUB-CALIBER)
info to follow
7.35 X 51 CARCANO
The 7.35 Carcano was developed during 1938 in a move to provide a more powerful solution to the 6,5 Carcano in service at that time. Apparently the 6,5 Carcano proved inadequate in stopping charges of native tribesmen for a number of years, prompting various stop-gap...
7mm/338 HECKLER & KOCH
Based on the 338 Lapua Mag, necked to 7mm by the German firm Heckler & Koch 1995. Bullet shown at 200% scale The H&K specimen below is loaded with the SFC bullet variant (C = Coated) and is designated 7mm Katzmaier Magnum....
7mm – 300 H&H MATCH
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7mm BROADWAY TRUST COMPANY
This was developed by Sir Dennis Burney of ICI, and the Broadway Trust Company was a cover jointly owned by Sir Dennis, ICI and the Ministry of Supply. The cartridge was designed to fire in a recoilless rifle and used extremely long projectiles. There were a number of...
7 X 64B FCOTB SNIPER
Made by Federal in 1980 as a training round for snipers/law enforcement/military use. It is actually nothing more than a normal 7mm Remington Magnum loaded with a 168gr. Sierra Match King and a ‘special’ headstamp. FC is the standard headstamp for Federal Cartridge,...
7 X 60 GERMAN EXPERIMENTAL
This was in all probability some form of military cartridge believed to have been produced by RWS after WW1 up until the mid 1930’s prior to the outbreak of WW2.
7 X 59 S.T.A. CASE TYPE 2
One of the 7mm French cartridges that were developed by Section Technique de l`Artillerie (STA) for an experimental semi-automatic rifle as a replacement for the 8mm Lebel. The threat of war effectively killed of this project. This is the 80°shoulder version....
7 X 58.8 S.T.A CASE TYPE 2 bis
One of the 7mm French cartridges that were developed by Section Technique de l`Artillerie (STA) for an experimental semi-automatic rifle as a replacement for the 8mm Lebel. The threat of war effectively killed of this project. This is the 70°shoulder version. See also...
7 X 57 MAUSER
HISTORY The 7x57 was developed by Mauser during 1892 and was based on the 7.9mm necked down. At that stage the Germans had already adopted the 7.9mm in 1888 and because they were already committed to the 7,9 and were happy with its performance, the 7mm was not adopted...
7 X 57 GERMAN WW.II LUFTWAFFE STEEL CASE
Ordinary 7x 57 with steel case
7 X 57 FRENCH XPL BERTHIER
French experimental cartridge dating from the early 1900’s Bullet shown at 200%
7 X 56.95 S.T.A No. 8 TYPE E
One of the 7mm French cartridges that were developed by Section Technique de l`Artillerie (STA) for an experimental semi-automatic rifle.
7 X 56 ITALIAN XPL
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. ...
7 X 54 KORTNEK
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...
10mm MARS
This is a Kynamco manufactured cartridge for collectors. Apparently the largest of the metric caliber Mars experimental cartridges for the H.W. Gabbett-Fairfax designed pistols ca. 1900. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 146).
257 HAWK
The history of the HAWK range of cartridges can be found HERE
375 HOFFMAN MAGNUM
Display Dummy Although listed separately, this is a normal 375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND but with the proprietary Hoffman headstamp. Hoffman Arms, in most cases, called the calibers by their (Hoffman's) own name but the only proprietary cartridges they actually had were...
7.9 X 45.5R AUSTRIAN TARGET
Relatively rare cartridge made from the 8x50.5R Mannlicher M93 case. It was only listed by Roth and was only shown in the 1910 catalogue
7 X 51 COMPROMISE
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...
7 X 49.5 HIGH VELOCITY
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...
7 X 49 SECOND OPTIMUM (LIVIANO)
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...
7 X 46 RWS EXPERIMENTAL
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.
7 X 45 POLTE
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...
7 X 44 DANISH WEIBEL XPL
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)...
7 X 41 LANTAN
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...