An interesting few finds from a Victorian rifle range

[Steve T]

Sorry.....the more I look at those cartridges the less convinced I am about them.

Can you post a picture of them 'stood up', (the cartridges, not you). The headstamps are funny for 380s and the one far right could well be a 45 and the '380s' something else but bigger !

I'll get it right eventually...

Steve T

[cornishboy]

Hope this will help

[Steve T]

That's confirmed it. You were correct about the one far right.........it is indeed a .45 cal. This being the case, I strongly believe the others are a rare beast indeed ! .455 Webley rounds. You have, yet again, found something I have never found and I am fast losing patience with you ........



Nice finds !!

Steve T

PS Grab yourself some cheap gap measuring caliper thingies. I got my electronic ones from Aldi for £5 but I think Maplin do a cheap set as well. Then you can measure the internal dimension of carts and be certain what they are

PPS Electronic Digital Calliper : Enviroment Testers : Maplin Electronics

There ya go !

[davejb]

Oh God, he's going to be like a bear with a sore arse now, for crying out loud please someone invite him to a dig where he can find something rare otherwise we'll all suffer

[cornishboy]

Dave go bury a steak in his veggie patch would you?


webley .445.bmp looks like it

[davejb]

Im afraid that just wont do, it has to be metal, military, mucky and meaningful

[m3bobby]

Hi chaps, the above cases are Webley .455 as mentioned. There are also .455 bullets in one of the pics. The .38 S&W are quite scarce as they were bought when there was a shortage of .38 200 British cartridges and the .38 Enfield No.2 was not designed for the .38 S&W cartridge so they were only ever a stop gap.

The Damaged .303 is exactly what happens to a .303 round in a Bren when a round mis feeds and hits the barrel face.

[cornishboy]

Thanks M3 interesting stuff.Perhaps we should have posted this info after Dec 9th? oh well

[cornishboy]

a few finds from my trusty site,just fancied finding something.im quite lucky i guess

[Steve T]

Nice base nut What's the date on it CB ? Looks like a few spent 9mm and 45cals as well. If you can find where they were firing from, you'll get the cartridges to go with them

Steve T