New to this site and wonder if any of you could help me id some of my finds, Some I can remember where they came from, and some are lost to time .I have been detecting for the last 35 years and gave up keeping spent cases a long time ago. But now I am looking at the headstamps and thinking of starting a collection.The photos start with the headstamp and the next photo is the photo of the case... many thanks.....paul.
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TonyE
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What is the headstamp on No.5 please? I can make out "Eley" but not the calibre. It looks like a cartridge for a walking stick gun.
No.1, the French 8mm Lebel was made by "TE", the Cartoucherie de Toulouse in the second quarter of 1940 with metal supplied by "C", Compagnie Francaise de Metaux de Castelsarrasin.
No.2 is a 6.5mm Mannlicher made by Keller & Co. in Austria for the Model 1893 rifle in 1898.
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TonyE
No.1, the French 8mm Lebel was made by "TE", the Cartoucherie de Toulouse in the second quarter of 1940 with metal supplied by "C", Compagnie Francaise de Metaux de Castelsarrasin.
No.2 is a 6.5mm Mannlicher made by Keller & Co. in Austria for the Model 1893 rifle in 1898.
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TonyE
TonyE
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TonyE
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Could it be .276? In which case it is the 7mm Walking stick gun. Alternatively it could be .354 or 0.354 which is the 9mm Walking Stick. I know of no calibre .235".
The 6.5mm Mannlicher could be from WWI, it is certainly the right vintage, but it was not a calibre one would expect to find on the Western Front. One possibility is that it was used in a telescopic sighted hunting rifle that was used as an "ad hoc" snipng rifle, in which case either side could have been using it.
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Hi Tony
I have looked at it under the microscope and i feel sure its 235 or 295...I am happy to send it to you, and dont want it back. just be nice to know what it is. It came from Ramsbury in Wiltshire, altho the US troops were there, as well as brits, the field and woods where it was found is well known for hunting! .....paul.
I have looked at it under the microscope and i feel sure its 235 or 295...I am happy to send it to you, and dont want it back. just be nice to know what it is. It came from Ramsbury in Wiltshire, altho the US troops were there, as well as brits, the field and woods where it was found is well known for hunting! .....paul.