9mm DANISH REVOLVER M1891
There is very little information available on the history of the 9mm M91 Danish Army Revolver. It was in service in the Danish Navy as well as some police units from 1891 – 1941, and still used intermittently during WW2. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 118). The...
10.4 X 47R ITALIAN VETTERLI
With the completion of the reunification of Italy in 1870, together with the break-neck speed of “modern” military development in Europe with the move to bolt action rifles, a solution was needed to replace the ageing Carcano Mod. 67 needle-fire. Various repeating...
270 GIBBS
270 ACKLEY MAGNUM
11mm JAVELLE
The 11mm Javelle is a horizontal pinfire cartridge and was designed by Michel Javelle in the late 1850’s to early 1860’s. This is the third variation; the other two had the base of the pin holder visible and flush with the bottom of the case. The cartridge case is...
270 ACKLEY IMPROVED
38-50 REMINGTON – HEPBURN
Used in Remington-Hepburn match rifles
44 ALLEN LIPFIRE
Ethan Allen started his company in 1831 in Milford, MA as a cutlery maker. The company went through various changes over the years with family members joining the company and migrated more and more to firearm manufacturing for the civilian market. After moving to...
243 WINCHESTER SUPER SHORT MAGNUM
460 DAN WESSON SUPER MAG
During the 1970's Elgin Gates looked at the line-up of currently available Magnums and decided longer would be better and designed a series of new Magnum cartridges which were dubbed SuperMags and were 1.60" in length, or about three-tenths of an inch longer than...
38-50 MAYNARD M.1882
This cartridge was listed in the Massachusetts Arms Co. 1885 catalogue with the 255gr. paper patched, or 245gr. grooved bullet. This cartridge is also very difficult to distinguish from the 35-40 Maynard.
6.5 X 42 PCC
This is another attempt to fit the next best design on the AR platform. Based on the 5,56 case with a 6,5mm bullet
9mm CAMPO GIRO
Much controversy has surrounded the 9mm Campo Giro over the years. The Campo-Giro was a semi-automatic pistol, named after its designer, Colonel Don Venancio López de Ceballos y Aguirre, Count of Campo-Giro. Studies have shown however that, although the pistol design...
11mm GUNTER & LATOUCHE REVOLVER
From information found in the “Gazette des Armes” n°287 April 1998 (9-13). My French is a bit wonky, but this is part of the translation of the article featuring the history of the Günter & Latouche revolver. Various handgun designers - Lefaucheux,...
270 – 378 WEATHERBY
Yet another attempt at a 1000 yd. match cartridge.
38-50 BALLARD EVERLASTING 2″
This was a target load that was used in the Ballard No. 4 and Pacific No. 5 rifles. Original loads were paper-patched.
270 – 284 WINCHESTER
Another version of the 284 Win case being necked down, this time to .270 cal.
1″ NORDENVELT
The 1-inch Nordenfelt gun was an early rapid-firing light gun intended to defend larger warships against the new small fast-moving torpedo boats in the late 1870s to the 1890s. The gun was an enlarged version of the successful rifle-calibre Nordenfelt hand-cranked...
60 JINGAL
Also known as Gingall (China) or Janjal (Hindi) these guns were intended as fortress defensive weapons. Employed by the Chinese and Indian armies of the 19th Century, they initially appeared as muzzle loaders and later as bolt action arms firing fixed metallic...
60 CARBINE
This is a double scale of the .30 M1 Carbine round. During World War 2, double scale models were made of various small arms for demonstration purposes to troops. This is a plastic version, but some calibers were also constructed of wood. See Datig Vol.3 p.171....
58 US MUSKET SHORT CASE
The .58 cal. muzzle loading rifle was the standard weapon used by both sides fighting in the American Civil War. One of the biggest dangers of a muzzle loading rifle was that it was a dirty process and the rifles became increasingly difficult to load as the battle...
58 ROBERTS
This is CFR50 from Hoyem 2 p.42 with drawn brass case and external Berdan primer for the Roberts centrefire breech-loading conversion.
58 REMINGTON CARBINE
This is CFR45 from Hoyem 2 p.40 with the copper drawn case and brass Berdan primer.
58 CARBINE
The 58 Carbine utilised a drawn brass case and had a Berdan primer. This was a commercial load by UMC. See also CFR46, Hoyem 2 p.40
58 BERDAN MUSKET
The Berdan musket was introduced in 1869 for use in breech loading conversions. This cartridge was not officially used in the US, but the Berdan breech loading conversion system was used by Spain as well as by other European powers, notably Russia. ...
577 SNIDER
This is a relatively large project and I will be adding history and info in time. SOUTH AFRICAN VARIATIONS H Grönebaum, a local South African shooter. Paper cased cartridge and printed on the side is "JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA"
56 BILLINGHURST REQUA VOLLEY GUN
The Billinghurst-Requa battery gun predates the Gatling Gun and for this reason it is considered to be the first practical machine gun used in the American Civil War. Dr. Josephus Requa, a dentist from New York who from 1849 to 1853 served an apprenticeship in the...
55 BOYS ANTI TANK RIFLE
The 55 Boys was named in honour of Captain H. C. Boys during the late-1930s as an infantry anti-tank rifle, which at that time was still relatively lightly armored. It was an upgrade from the earlier .5" Stanchion rifle. Designated “Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys” for...
54 BURNSIDE
The .54 Burnside carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose E. Burnside in 1855 and was manufactured in Rhode Island by the Bristol Firearms Company which later became the Burnside Rifle Company. It was the third most widely used carbine by the Union cavalry,...
52 SHARPS LINEN CASE
Christian Sharps produced his first single shot, .54 caliber breech loading rifle using paper cartridges in the late 1840's. Later the cartridges were made of linen. The falling block, dropped by lowering the trigger guard, cut off the end of the cartridge when the...
510 DTC EUROP
The .510 DTC EUROP is a French design developed by Eric Danis, owner of Dan Tec France in 2000 in order to comply with firearms legislation of .50 BMG rifles in Europe. In response to the .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004, which banned future sales of .50 BMG...
264 WINCHESTER MAGNUM
430 TRANTER
William Tranter (1816 – 1890) was one of the most influential and well respected gun makers in Birmingham in the middle to late 1800’s. He was involved in making a large quantity Adams revolvers under licence and during the mid-1850’s he started making his revolvers...
458 DEVASTATOR
The 458 Devastator was developed by Lee Martin from Arlington VA, during 1994. It is based on a belted Magnum case trimmed to 1.40” Some info on the history of the 458 Devastator HERE.
243 WINCHESTER
PROOF Super (Australia) SOUTH AFRICAN HEADSTAMPS AND VARIATIONS BOSS PRO-AMM
264 WINCHESTER PROTOTYPE
This is the prototype for the 264 Win Mag, but without the belt
38-45 STEVENS EVERLASTING
This is the later case with small brass primer. The first case type was the Hart’s patent two-piece case with iron anvil and large primer. By Providence Machine & Tool Co.
6.5 X 40 Z
Based on the 5.56 NATO round loaded to the same OAL, it is an attempt to give an improved cartridge on the AR15 platform.
11mm GREEK ORDNANCE M.1874
The Greek Army adopted the M1873 Chamelot-Delvigne Revolver and was in use by them until the beginning of World War 2. Ammunition was originally provided by France, but later orders were done by Georg Roth as well as by the Greek Powder and Cartridge Company that was...
430 LONG C.F
Developed as a rook or kangaroo rifle in the late 1800's (1877 - 1881) but also listed in the 1911 Alfa catalogue as a “special revolver cartridge”. See also British Sporting Rifle. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 398)
38-45 BULLARD
James J. Bullard made single shot rifles at Springfield, Mass. from 1880 to around 1890. His rifles were in two sizes with the 32-40 and the 38-45 made for the small frame rifles. The 38-45 was listed in the 1885 Winchester catalogue but disappeared by 1914.
243 ROCKCHUCKER
257 Roberts necked down to 6mm/.243 cal (which is basically what the 6mm Remington is), however the 243 RC predates the 6mm Remington and the only difference is on the shoulder angle. Most shooters prefer the 6mm Remington because of the availability of...
429 DESERT EAGLE
The 429 Desert Eagle was developed by Jim Tertin from Magnum Research, which forms part of the Kahrs Firearm Group and was made as an enhancement to the popular Desert Eagle platform. It is based on the 50 Action Express case necked to .429in. with a 30 degree...
455 WEBLEY AUTO Mk.1
The 455 Webley Auto was introduced in 1913 for Naval service in the Webley & Scott Self Loading Pistol Mark I, which was not intended to replace the Webley revolver, but to go on issue alongside it. The cartridge's approval was later extended to Land service...
455 WEBLEY AUTO M.1910
This is the M. 1910 version from the drawing dated February 1910. I still retained the thin rim but with the narrower extractor groove. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 467).
455 WEBLEY & SCOTT AUTO M.1904
This is the M. 1904 Type 2 from the drawing AB10/56 dated 2nd of June 1904. It had the thin rim and case length of 0.88” (22.3mm). (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 466). Unusual Die-Cast dummy
38-40 REMINGTON – HEPBURN
Target cartridge for the Remington No.1 and Hepburn rifles and were loaded with both paper patched and plain lead bullets.
264 SALISBURY
6.5 WHISPER
9mm BROWNING LONG
The 9mm Browning Long was designed by the famous John M. Browning for FN in Belgium in 1902 and was first adopted in 1903 for the Browning M.1903. it is basically a scaled-up version of the 7.65mm Browning and also retains the semi-rim. It should have been a very...