The Cartridge Collectors Exchange

[Wolfhound]

Wow.....very nice rifle Leadeye. Care to share anything about that rifle? Do you reload the 577/450?

 

[Leadeye]

I've had the rifle for 30+ years, never seriously looked at firing it until recently, have been making cases from 20 gauge shot shell brass.

 

[TheBoss930]

I finally got a Martini-Henry cartridge. Its 577/450 Eley made in England. Lots of history with that round. I am sure thousands of Zulus fell to the 577/450. Not sure I would want to face them in a red wool jacket carrying a single shot rifle.

Wow!! That's seriously awesome!! I've fallen behind on collecting some...

 

[Wolfhound]

I've had the rifle for 30+ years, never seriously looked at firing it until recently, have been making cases from 20 gauge shot shell brass.

Those Martini-Henry's are really cool. I can remember back when Sportsmans Guide was selling them for 99 bucks in their catalogs. They were antiques so no license required. Wish I had ordered one now. But, I had 5 mouths to feed back then and it just wasn't a priority.

 

[Wolfhound]

Wow!! That's seriously awesome!! I've fallen behind on collecting some...

We need to meet up soon and do some trading Boss!

 

[dooshie]

on the left a 22hp on the right a savage 300

 

[Wolfhound]

on the left a 22hp on the right a savage 300

Cool antique ammunition. I don't have a 22 savage in my collection yet.

 

[TheBoss930]

We need to meet up soon and do some trading Boss!

Yeah!!

 

[PedalToTheFloor]

I have a few harder to find ones. Nothing too extravagant. There's 303 tracer round, 7.62z54 Hungarian heavy ball, 30 06 AP, 30 06 tracer, and 8mm from what looks like Equador View attachment 48092 View attachment 48091

 

[Wolfhound]

I have a few harder to find ones. Nothing too extravagant. There's 303 tracer round, 7.62z54 Hungarian heavy ball, 30 06 AP, 30 06 tracer, and 8mm from what looks like Equador View attachment 48092 View attachment 48091

Looks like a nice collection to me!

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Thought you guys might enjoy this one.

LIVE GERMAN Panzerbüchse 38 ANTI TANK 7.92x94 # 3 : Vintage Ammo at GunBroker.com

 

[Fullmag]

Seen it was sold with buy it now.

 

[Wolfhound]

Thought you guys might enjoy this one.

LIVE GERMAN Panzerbüchse 38 ANTI TANK 7.92x94 # 3 : Vintage Ammo at GunBroker.com

Wow that is a very cool old round with a lot of history. I would guess there are very few of those rounds here in the US.

Way out of my price range though. 308 bucks with shipping!

I hope someday I get to the point where I can save and get a few items a year like that but I am not at that point with my collection.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Wow that is a very cool old round with a lot of history. I would guess there are very few of those rounds here in the US.

Way out of my price range though. 308 bucks with shipping!

I hope someday I get to the point where I can save and get a few items a year like that but I am not at that point with my collection.

The two live rounds and one dummy from that seller are the first ones I have seen in over 10 years, but they have been for sale for close to 6 months on Gunbroker. I don't have one in my collection and won't be adding one at that price, but they sure are cool. The rarest anti-tank round I have ever seen was the 8mm Maroszek and that was at Knob Creek probably close to 15 years ago - it was the one and only I have ever seen and I had no idea how rare it was at the time. The price was around $100 or so, but prices and the nature of gun and cartridge collecting have changed a lot since then. The Polish round was based on the same idea as the German round - a small diameter tungsten cored bullet at ultra high velocity.

Link to info on the rifle that fired the 8mm Maroszek:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle

 

[Fullmag]

That's really interesting. 1/2 ounce bullet going over 4000 ft per sec......WOW.....

 

[Wolfhound]

That Wiki link really took me down the rabbit hole. I just spent an hour and a half looking at anti-tank guns and even watched a video Disney made for the Canadian military on the Boys anti-tank rifle, awesome stuff.

[video=youtube;CnhlD0HZAm4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CnhlD0HZAm4[/video]

 

[indy1919a4]

Many thanks wolfhound, that training film was stunning... Great mix of humor and reality there... Disney did so many great training films.

I regret now not pursuing more the Boys gun on Gunbroker a few years ago. A neat conversion to a 50 cal BMG round, But like so many of those conversions the seller had no idea if it worked.. and the conversion parts that went into it... They had it set up that you could not feed the rounds from the Magazine because the difference in size of the original round and the bmg round.. But it had heart..

 

[BogWalker]

Left to right: .577/450 Martini-Henry, .43 Spanish Reformado, 7.62x54r Egyptian practice with plastic bullet, 7.92x57mm Mauser Danish wood bulleted blank produced with a reused WWII German case, 9x51mm SMAW spotter cartridge

A few recent additions to the collection.

 

[Wolfhound]

Many thanks wolfhound, that training film was stunning... Great mix of humor and reality there... Disney did so many great training films.

I regret now not pursuing more the Boys gun on Gunbroker a few years ago. A neat conversion to a 50 cal BMG round, But like so many of those conversions the seller had no idea if it worked.. and the conversion parts that went into it... They had it set up that you could not feed the rounds from the Magazine because the difference in size of the original round and the bmg round.. But it had heart..

I would love to own a boys anti-tank gun. I don't know if I could handle the recoil but it would be fun to try.

 

[Wolfhound]

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Left to right: .577/450 Martini-Henry, .43 Spanish Reformado, 7.62x54r Egyptian practice with plastic bullet, 7.92x57mm Mauser Danish wood bulleted blank produced with a reused WWII German case, 9x51mm SMAW spotter cartridge

A few recent additions to the collection.

Some nice and unusual cartridges you have there! What is the 9x51mm SMAW cartridge used for?