Some recent finds

[MissingSomething]

Just picked up a bunch of cartridges from an older gentleman....
Included were a couple of 45-70 tinned cases... Early Frankford Arsenal???

Winchester still making .303 in 1949????

 

[MissingSomething]

Also found a few Eley's "SR" rounds....
Bullet Dia: 0.427"
Rim Dia.: 0.629"
Case Length: 2.23"
OAL: 2.95"

 

[TonyE]

finds

Yes, those are Frankford Arsenal made .45-70 rounds.

The 1949 Winchester .303 rounds were made for a South American country I believe, possibly for use in aircraft machine guns. Argentina purchased Avro Lancasters and Lincolns post-war and bought .303 ball, AP, tracer and incendiary ammunition from Kynoch in 1948. The last Winchester made military .303 that i know of was made in 1982.

The Eley round is interesting but not being a sporting rifle specialist I cannot help. My only thought is perhaps "Short Range"?

Regards
TonyE

 

[MissingSomething]

Thanks Tony.

Found out that the Eley round is .43 Spanish or 11.15x57 R Spanish Remington. So the "SR" stands for "Spanish Remington"

 

[TonyE]

Spanish Remington

Well that makes sense! The case looked longer than that in the picture.

I checked back on some of my old Eley Bros. catalogues and in the 1902 and the 1910-11 issues the Spanish Remington shows a headstamp of "ELEY LONDON". However the 1912 catalogue shows it with your "SR" headstamp.

They were 6. 3. 4 per 1000! That was about USD 25.00 in those days.

Regards
TonyE