Der Gebirgsjager
02-27-2016, 05:29 PM
I'm thinking someone will be able to identify these. No, I honestly don't know what they are--or I wouldn't be asking!
Some clues: They were picked up along with some other more conventional range brass on a Navy small arms range about 30 years ago. The Air Force also had access to the range.
They appear to have some association with the .38 Special round, as the cases are about the same length, perhaps 1/8
inch shorter. They fit nicely into a .38 cylinder.
They are brass, have no head stamp or other markings. The part that fits inside the case--I guess we could call it the
projectile (?) which looks like a plunger has a seal/ring just below its head and won't completely enter the case and
appears to be meant to sit just above the mouth. The primer hole seems to be a standard small pistol size, but when
these were found lying loose among the other brass none had primers. Inside the cases, about 2/3 down, the diameter
reduces to the size of the projectile's shaft, and the shaft is also a close fit to the primer pocket, but does not extend
all the way down to the pocket. The pocket is the diameter of the shaft all the way through the case head, so it appears
like the projectile is meant to be propelled by a primer only. Perhaps the projectile is actually a plunger and itself strikes
something and propels or fires it in turn? The cases are very dirty and sooty.
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Any ideas?
DG
Some clues: They were picked up along with some other more conventional range brass on a Navy small arms range about 30 years ago. The Air Force also had access to the range.
They appear to have some association with the .38 Special round, as the cases are about the same length, perhaps 1/8
inch shorter. They fit nicely into a .38 cylinder.
They are brass, have no head stamp or other markings. The part that fits inside the case--I guess we could call it the
projectile (?) which looks like a plunger has a seal/ring just below its head and won't completely enter the case and
appears to be meant to sit just above the mouth. The primer hole seems to be a standard small pistol size, but when
these were found lying loose among the other brass none had primers. Inside the cases, about 2/3 down, the diameter
reduces to the size of the projectile's shaft, and the shaft is also a close fit to the primer pocket, but does not extend
all the way down to the pocket. The pocket is the diameter of the shaft all the way through the case head, so it appears
like the projectile is meant to be propelled by a primer only. Perhaps the projectile is actually a plunger and itself strikes
something and propels or fires it in turn? The cases are very dirty and sooty.
162139162140162141162142
Any ideas?
DG