Krag Collectors Association Forum

One of my buddies is a collector of ammunition and recently acquired cartridges from an estate sale. Looking through the many boxes of cartridges I plucked out some of the rounds that caught my eye and I thought I'd share them with you. Many are very familiar and I'm sure you'll recognize them immediately like the Burnside while others leave me scratching my head?

'LocalBoy', that first picture really brings home my misspent youth.

.... reading Gun Magazines in the 1950's and 1960's instead of learning to charm girls!

The green plastic cartridge is a .38 cal. Dardick "Tround" and the 'Rocket' appears to be a .50 cal. "Gyrojet".

Guns that truly thought outside the box!

You have a couple of nice examples of British .450 cal. coiled cases, with paper-patched projectiles.

I believe the one on the left may be the round that was used in the experimental "long-chambered" Trial's Martini rifle. (It might also be a .450 cal. Black Powder Express or the British .450 cal. Gatling Gun round)?

On the right is the necked .577/.450 Martini-Henry round, that allowed the M-H action to be considerably shortened, compared to the early Trial's Martini rifle action.

Those pin-fire shotshells and small bore cartridge are kind of scary. I'd be nervous carrying a pocket full of those in my Hunting-Jacket!

Nice array of rimfire cartridges, thanks for sharing!

Here's an Alex Henry rifle to go along with that very long .450 Boxer-Henry 3 1/4" cartridge. Reasonably accurate, once you get rid of the military hardware. Modern .500/450 3 1/4" thin rim cases work, and are lots less hassle.

Is the big centerfire one a Nordenfeldt? To the right of the Brits are a .25/25 Stevens (or maybe a 28/30 Stevens, but it looks more like the .25), then a .54 Burnside, a .50 Maynard, and a 7.9x33 German MP-44.

Matthew Quigley can probably use those long Boxer rounds in his Sharps rifle, when he runs short of ammo in the Australian 'Outback'.

On the 3rd photo down starting on the right, I think 1, 3, and 4 are 22 rimfire? If so what is #2, maybe .18 caliber?
I bought a box of what CCI sold as CB caps about 40 years ago. Looked like 22 shorts but made absolutely no noise in a 22 rifle. You actually hear the firing pin strike the rim. My dad told me you could also buy bb caps with even less power. The cb caps CCI sold would actually go through a 1 by 4. I accidentally killed a dog that I just wanted to scare away, so CB caps were not toys.

butlersrangers wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:20 pm Matthew Quigley can probably use those long Boxer rounds in his Sharps rifle, when he runs short of ammo in the Australian 'Outback'.

Bullet diameter on the originals is .468", so probably not a good idea to use them out of the box. Bore on the rifle above is a septagon, with raised, inverted-V lands between them. But if MQ had a swage?

Rimfire #1 is probably a Spencer, but which variant? #2 looks to be a .44 Extra Long. #4 and probably #5 are handgun cartridges; #4 is probably for a European revolver. Could #3 be a .38 Extra Long?

Thanks guys for your input!

I find it very fascinating how cartridges have followed an evolutionary path along with the firearms that were meant to shoot them.

BR I believe you spent your time wisely as a youth and I'm sure you have always been a lady charmer. I especially think that the women swoon over you after demonstrating your skills as an "Interpretive Dancer" or is it "Interpretive Plumber Dancer?"

Anyway, here's some big bore stuff:

1. .600 Nitro
2. .577 Nirtro
3. .577
4. .500
5. 500-465 Nitro
6. .475 Nitro
7. .450 Nitro
8. .475 Eley
9. 450 Watts Magnum
10 .450/400
11 .375 HH Magnum
12 .348 Remington
13. ???
14. .350 Rigby Nitro
15. 9.3x74R