12.9 X 50.8 JDJ
Designed by JD Jones for an XP-100 pistol
38-45 HARD HEAD
The 38-45 Hard Head is nothing more than the 45-38 Clerke in a different dress. Whereas the 45-38 Clerke is based on the .45 ACP necked down to 38 caliber, the 38-45 Hard Head is the same thing but instead of using the standard 45 ACP case with its 19,900 CUP pressure...
38-45 CLERKE
The 38-45 Auto was designed by Bo Clerke of the Armory gun shop, Burbank, CA and was first announced publicly in the October 1963 issue of Guns and Ammo magazine in an article by Howard French. The 45-38 Auto is based on a .45 ACP case necked down to accept standard...
9mm R&D
The 9mm R&D originated from the pistol trials conducted by the Ammunition/Small Arms group in the AF Armament Lab at Eglin AFB during the early 1980’s. The biggest problem encountered was accuracy and the team used computer programs they had developed to optimize...
9mm PERRIN
This was one of the early center-fire handgun cartridges designed by designer Louis Perrin in 1859. It was internally primed and although the Lefaucheux design predate it, the Perrin design, was the first to be widely adopted. The Perrin cartridge is not...
12.5 X 35R RUSSIAN POLICE REVOLVER
The U-94 UDAR (the Russian word udar means "Strike" or "Blow") is a revolver designed and developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in the early 1990’s and first manufactured in 1994. It is a compact double-action revolver that chambers proprietary ammunition in...
38-44 SPECIAL
The 38-44 Special was simply a more powerful loading of the .38 Special which was an intermediate step prior to the introduction of the still more powerful .357 Magnum. The inability of conventional police service revolver ammunition to reliably penetrate automobiles...
38-44 SMITH & WESSON
The 38-44 S&W was developed by Ira Albert Paine (1837 – 1889) in 1886 for a S&W Single Action No.3 Target Revolver. Together with the 32-44 S&W, these were low recoil target revolvers. Paine was a very good shot with a variety of weapons and performed all...
9mm PARABELLUM
At the moment the focus is on the South African development of the 9mmP. In time I will add some info on the history and development of the 9mm, although it is not the main focus of my collection at the moment. The 9mm Parabellum is a collection in itself with...
12.3 X 22R RUSSIAN UDAR POLICE REVOLVER
The U-94 UDAR (the Russian word udar means "Strike" or "Blow") is a revolver designed and developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in the early 1990’s and first manufactured in 1994. It is a compact double-action revolver that chambers proprietary ammunition in...
445 SUPER MAGNUM
The 445 Super Mag is a ‘stretched’ 44 Magnum case and was developed by Dan Wesson Arms and the late Elgin Gates, then president of IHMSA during 1988 as a silhouette revolver.
38 VAN HEE XPL LONG CASE DELRIN THIN RIM
Experimental cartridge by Paul van Hee that were made for him in Spain, but the maker is not known. This is the 9 mm /.45 Long case version – the cartridge having the basic case dimensions of the .45 Auto cartridge, but with a longer, thicker case (case length 0.95"...
9mm NICKL
With Germany looking to replace their antiquated service revolver, the firm of Mauser developed the Model 1896 pistol, which for a time was the leading candidate to be the official sidearm of the German military. That was not to be however, as they lost out to Georg...
12mm SPIRLET
Dating from around 1894 and used in the revolver from A. Spirlet & Cie., Liege, Belgium. The Spirlet revolvers were based on the Galand system, however they used a top break design with a star extractor that put them way ahead of their time. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref....
444 SCHAFER MAGNUM
Developed by Lew Schafer of 3K Industries, the 444 Schafer Mag is based on the 444 Marlin case, turned on a lathe to match the outside dimensions of the 44 Magnum and is used in custom barrelled Thompson Contender barrels. This will enable shooters to use 44 Special...
38 TJ (TODD JARRETT)
This is basically the same as the 9mm/38 Super Competition but with a deeper extractor groove. It was named after Todd Jarrett, one-time IPSC World Champion.
9mm NAGANT M.1878
The 9mm (9,4mm) Nagant was developed and manufactured by the Belgian firm of Bachmann during the mid 1870’s for use in the Nagant designed Pistolet de Gendarmerie, Model 1877 and was to become the first metallic cartridge handgun to be accepted by the Belgian...
12mm SERPETTE
Relatively modern (1970’s in all probability) cartridge based on an old design for the Galand reloadable cases where the bullet is screwed into the case on reloading and upon firing the thread is stripped away from the bullet. The 12mm Serpette was made by a...
442 R.I.C (TRANTER)
Webley first produced a solid frame, double-action revolver in 1867 and was adopted by the newly formed Royal Irish Constabulary in 1868. It seemed that from its inception these cartridges were procured through other than military channels. However, during 1892/93 a...
38 TARGET
Originally designed by Speer as a cheap alternative practice cartridge. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 371) The Termos-Plasticos headstamp is by Talset Comercio,...
9mm MAUSER VERSUCH IV
This was the fourth and last in a series of experimental cartridges by DWM and Mauser around 1913. The case length is the same as for the Mauser Export. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 135).
9mm MAUSER VERSUCH III
This is the third in a series of experimental cartridges developed by DWM and Mauser between 1912 and 1914. It was also the only one that went beyond the experimental stage and was produced for Russia an Brazil, but was discontinued around the start of the First World...
12mm PIDAULT & CORDIER
from Aaron Newcomer's website: What is commonly known as the Raphael cartridge was initially patented by a Frenchman named Charles Carroll Tevis in 1856. He was associated with a man named Pidault Martial and together they improved the patent and released the first...
440 REVOLVER CF
This cartridge might be a shortened version of the 440 Long CF revolver (EB 421), but no other info available. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 423)
38 SUPER COMPETITION
The 38 Super Comp story started in 1900 when John M. Browning developed the semi-rimmed .38 Auto or 38 ACP for his original design Colt pistol, that would become the prototype for the M1911 adopted by the US Ordnance Department for the 45 ACP. After Browning’s death...
9mm MAUSER EXPORT
The 9 x 25mm cartridge was introduced by Mauser as a longer 9mm cartridge and because it was developed to be used mostly in South America, the Orient and Africa, it was known as the “Export Mauser”. Smith 1958:182 puts the date of development as 1908, but according to...
38 SUPER AUTO
The 38 Super is a higher velocity loading of the 38 Auto (ACP) and was introduced during the late 1920’s, about 27 years after the introduction of the 9mm Luger. During the early years and up to the end of WW2, the 9mm Luger was not well known in the US. It was only...
12mm PERRIN
The patent for the Perrin revolver was granted on the 5th of October 1859 as opposed to the Galand Revolver which was launched in 1868. The rim thickness on the Perrin cartridge is also about 1/3rd thicker than the Galand cartridge. Below is a table with measurements...
38 SPECIAL
During the early 1850’s the designation used for the revolvers in service was the 100-bore, or .36 cal. Colt percussion revolver, as used by the then Republic of Texas navy. The designation remained popular in the post-Civil War era with the Model 1851 Colt Navy...
9mm MAUSER REVOLVER
The 9mm Mauser was developed by Paul Mauser in 1878. It was a single-action, 6 shot revolver and was designed to compete in the German trials for their official side-arm. The Construktion 1878, or C-78 was also the only Mauser designed revolver. A problem with early...
12mm PERRIN LONG CASE
This is a longer case (22mm) version of the 12mm Perrin Revolver and was manufactured for the Perrin Mle. 1865 revolving style carbine. They were manufactured by Louis Perrin and was marketed to the French military commission of the Ministry of the Armed Forces...
12mm GALAND
The 12mm Galand was designed and patented in by Charles-François Galand (1832–1900), a French gunsmith in 1868 as opposed to the 12mm Perrin that was designed in 1859. The rim thickness of the Galand differs from the Perrin and the two are not interchangeable. (See...
440 NAGANT (ARGENTINIAN MODEL)
Developed in 1871 in Belgium and produced by a number of manufacturers in the UK and Europe. The dimensions are almost the same as for the 44 S&W American and should be interchangeable. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 422)
38 SMITH & WESSON LONG
The 38 S&W Long was only listed the Fiocchi and 1911 Alfa catalogues under the “Special Revolver Cartridges” the case length is between the standard 38 Special and the 38 Long Colt and might have been some compromise for weaker frame revolvers. (Erlmeier, Brandt...
9mm MARS
The Mars pistol was invented by Hugh Gabbett-Fairfax, who was an engineer and small arms designer. The design was an unusual one with a long-recoil system whereby the barrel and bolt moved together...
11,3 X 51R DUTCH BEAUMONT
There is an interesting discussion regarding the history of the Dutch Arms industry from early days, through the Napoleonic Wars, the succession of Belgium in 1830 to the rise and decline of the Maastricht factories as well as the Delft/Hembrug connection and the...
12mm FRENCH NAVY
A few years before the French adoption of the Mle 1873 Revolver, the Navy abandoned the pinfire system in favour of the center-fire revolver in the form of the Lefaucheaux Mle 1870 revolver. After that the Navy converted all remaining Mle 1858 Lefaucheaux pinfire...
440 LONG CF
Listed in the 1882 Eley catalogue, but very little further information available. The measurements are almost the same as for the 430 Long CF (EB Ref. 398). (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 421)
38 SMITH & WESSON
-Work in progress updated 22-07-01- The 38 Smith and Wesson has enjoyed a long and colourful history since its introduction in 1877. It was developed by S&W as a black powder cartridge for the S&W Baby Russian Single Action Revolver, a scaled-up version of the...
9mm MAKAROV
At the end of WW2 and into the Cold War period, the USSR was looking to replace the TT-33 7.62 Tokarev with a more powerful handgun for its own military as well as their satellite states in Eastern Europe. The cartridge was designed by Boris V. Semin in 1946 and was...
11.2 X 38R WAENZEL EXPERIMENTAL
Very rare Waenzel experimental cartridge that might have been part of calibre reduction experiments.
12mm FRENCH LONG
Earlier and longer cased version of the French Mle. 1873 revolver and might also have been used in revolvers for the French Navy. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 174).
440 COR-BON
The 440 Cor-Bon was launched by the Cor-Bon Corporation in 1998 and is based on the 50 Action Express Desert Eagle necked down to .429: (44 Caliber) in order to achieve a flatter shooting cartridge with less recoil but better penetration than the 50 AE. It did not...
38 SHORT COLT – SHORT CASE
This is the shorter cased version of the original 38 Short Colt (long case). It is interchangeable with the longer cased version shown above. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 363)
9mm MAJOR
The 9mm MJR (9mm Major) dates from around 1991 and was designed by Horst Grillmayer, who also developed the 9x25 SAG (Super Auto Grillmayer). It is based on the 40 S&W case necked down. As can be seen from the specimens below, some of the original testing was done...
38 SHORT COLT – LONG CASE
The long-cased version of the 38 Short Colt dates from around 1874. It is for all intents and purposes a copy of the British 380 Short Revolver. It was intended for metallic cartridge conversions of the old Colt 1851 Navy cap-and-ball Revolvers. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref....
11.15 X 42R WERNDL M.67
After losing the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 at the battle of Königgrätz, the Austrian army began the search to replace their ageing Lorenz muzzle-loading rifles. The first modifications were done by Vienna gunsmith Karl Wänzel who converted the muzzle-loading...
12mm FRENCH
Cartridge for the heavy civilian model of the French Revolver and was available in a series from 5mm, 7mm, 9mm, 12mm and 15mm. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 173). ...
44 WEBLEY
The 44 Webley is the American designation of the 442 Royal Irish Constabulary revolver developed in 1868. It was manufactured in the US up to the early 1940’s and was at a stage a popular self-defence caliber in pocket type revolvers. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 419)
44 WEBLEY LONG CASE
This cartridge is listed as the 10.8mm Montenegrin No.4 Revolver in Erlmeier, Brandt Vol 1 p.199 as Ref. 157. From an earlier IAA Forum discussion however this cartridge has been identified as an early long-cased, inside lubricated 44 Webley by UMC and pre-dates the...