Here is a few photos of 1'' Chinese Jingal. Case is 94 mm long and is made from 2 parts. Can anybody help me with translate of chinese markings?
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Here is a few photos of 1'' Chinese Jingal. Case is 94 mm long and is made from 2 parts. Can anybody help me with translate of chinese markings?
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For what it is worth, and I have no proof to back this up, I tend to think the round is a Gatling and not a Jingal cartridge. Many cartridges over the years have been misidentified due to information at the time. In later years more information surfaces and a more correct designation can be made. An identification in the 1980's could well have been updated later. I would bow to the knowledge of Bill Woodin and George Hoyem on this one. George shows this cartridge in Vol 2 of his History & Devlopment of Small Arms Ammunition as the 1-inch Gatling. I only know of two cartridgeas that bear the Jingal name. One is the right hand cartridge in the photo I have attached. Also shown is the headstamp on that case, which is different from the Gatling cartridge. The Gatling headstamp beginning this thread is identical to the one shown in Hoyem's book also. The other Jingal is a straight wall brass cased .75. That one is a much scarcer Jingal cartridge to find.