KYCaster
10-07-2006, 02:04 PM
A friend cleaned out his reloading room and gave me all the loose ammo he scrounged up. A lot of it was picked up of the range at various PPC and IPSC matches. (45ACP, 38spl., 40S&W. 38Super) All of that will probably get tossed since I'm not too keen on shooting ammo of questionable pedigree. With a few exceptions, the rifle ammo is in pretty sorry shape and if I can't determine any collector value, I'll toss them also, but not being a collector myself, I need some help.
1) The first one is just a curio, It's the only one I haven't been able to ID. It's obviously a military round and doesn't have a head stamp. Bullet dia. is .310 and case rim dia. is .475. Case length is 2.260 and COAL is 3.142. The bullet is a spitzer shape and has a red laquer sealer at the case mouth. Neither the bullet nor the case is attracted to a magnet. It will not fit into a 30-06 shellholder and fits loosly in a 6.5x55 holder. It goes into a 41mag. shellholder like it was made for it. Could someone with a C.O.T.W. look it up for me?
2) Next is head stamped W.R.A.Co. .25-35 W.C.F. and has an odd looking two piece primer. It is a copper colored center with a W stamped on it surrounded by a brass colored ring.
3) This is a 30-40 Krag with no head stamp. It has a round nosed bullet with a cupro-nickel jacket. I assume the lack of a head stamp indicates it's military issue.
4) This one is a 45-70. The head stamp has a letter F at 12:00, the number 86 at 4:30 and the number 10 at 7:30. It has a lead RN bullet .445-.448 dia. and COAL is 2.812.
5) I have four of these. They're 45-70. The head stamp has U.M.C. at 12:00, 45-70 at 6:00, the letter S at 9:00 and the letter H at 3:00. They have a lead RN bullet of .452-.454 dia. and ~2.730 COAL.
Can anybody give me any info on these. I'd like to know approximate age and if they have any collector interest. I'd hate to throw out something that someone else may find useful.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Jerry
1) The first one is just a curio, It's the only one I haven't been able to ID. It's obviously a military round and doesn't have a head stamp. Bullet dia. is .310 and case rim dia. is .475. Case length is 2.260 and COAL is 3.142. The bullet is a spitzer shape and has a red laquer sealer at the case mouth. Neither the bullet nor the case is attracted to a magnet. It will not fit into a 30-06 shellholder and fits loosly in a 6.5x55 holder. It goes into a 41mag. shellholder like it was made for it. Could someone with a C.O.T.W. look it up for me?
2) Next is head stamped W.R.A.Co. .25-35 W.C.F. and has an odd looking two piece primer. It is a copper colored center with a W stamped on it surrounded by a brass colored ring.
3) This is a 30-40 Krag with no head stamp. It has a round nosed bullet with a cupro-nickel jacket. I assume the lack of a head stamp indicates it's military issue.
4) This one is a 45-70. The head stamp has a letter F at 12:00, the number 86 at 4:30 and the number 10 at 7:30. It has a lead RN bullet .445-.448 dia. and COAL is 2.812.
5) I have four of these. They're 45-70. The head stamp has U.M.C. at 12:00, 45-70 at 6:00, the letter S at 9:00 and the letter H at 3:00. They have a lead RN bullet of .452-.454 dia. and ~2.730 COAL.
Can anybody give me any info on these. I'd like to know approximate age and if they have any collector interest. I'd hate to throw out something that someone else may find useful.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Jerry