Has anyone seen a true rimless 380 Auto cartridge?
This was found while sorting out my junk ammo, mostly found or reloading boo-boo's.
I suspect a manufacture defect.
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Has anyone seen a true rimless 380 Auto cartridge?
This was found while sorting out my junk ammo, mostly found or reloading boo-boo's.
I suspect a manufacture defect.
I'd say defect...there would be no way to extract it from a chamber.....or it could have been made as a projectile. Seeing that it's primed...I doubt the later.
redhawk
What info is on the headstamp?
Blazer 380 Auto
Wow. I haven’t seen that since….Never!
How in the world did it get loaded?
I guess the loading machinery doesn’t use shell holders?
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Interesting, might be worth some free ammo. GW
How old is it? I wouldn't be surprised if it was during an election year or covid, when manufacturers were doing everything they could to get product out the door.
Could have been from a test run lot to see if the rim was needed, since 380's are blowback anyway. No rim saves on brass costs. Huh. Wonder....
Swedged case to make a bullet.
In my time I've seen factory ammo with:
Bullets seated backwards
Bullets not fully swaged to shape
Bullets seated off-center (crushed case mouth)
Primers in sideways or backwards
No flash hole drilled in the primer pocket
A single round of one type of a manufacturer's duty round mixed in with a box of ANOTHER of their duty rounds.
+P stamped brass used to load ammo boxed as non-+P (verified by disassembly)
But totally rimless and not an 1800's pinfire round? That is indeed a first.
be fun to have
I discovered a blowback 22 LR (Ruger 10/22) doesn't need an extractor to fire and cycle just like it was designed that way . It fed , fired and ejected shots as if nothing was amiss ... I only noticed the extractor missing when I went to unload a chambered round ... the round simply stayed in the chamber ... that was when I noticed that the extractor was ...gone .
My habit is to load 5 or 10 rounds and shoot them all ... this time I decided to not fire the chambered round ... I thing it must have been blown off when an overly hot Winchester Wildcat round was fired ... that lot of ammo was recalled by Winchester ... but it was a while before I realized the extractor had gone bye-bye ! Ruger repaired the gun and gave me a new magazine !
Gary
Interesting! That would e worth building a display case around it - an oddity for sure.