Nitro's and B.P's

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Full packet of 5 x 500/465 Kynoch 480 grainer SP's forgot I had them the packets a bit tatty but the inner contents are ok the 303 round is for comparison.
I also dug out a box of 20 308 M118 Long range rounds amazing what you scrounge and also some 308 for law enforcement only 308 got 80 rounds in that trade. enjoy I will get the metrics and large western rifle out one day and take some more pics. I have a 12.7 x 105 APID coming hopefully it will be a nice one traded a 30MM DEFA round for it and a nice one to boot.

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New Zealand marked 7,62x51mm from 1960

The other cartridges are the long range 30 cal AMU cartridges from 1960, used by the US Army in Model 70 rifles. The 300 Weatherby and Ackley wildcats were used, cartridges were manufactured by Winchester and headstamped WCC 60 and Remington headstamped REM-UMC 300. Later the 30-338 Winchester was found to be a better choice

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We know the CAC part they changed to the L2A2 designation in 1957 before it was stamped 1956 L2A1 60 is the year and the N ! the last 2 cartridges are belted magnums.
Nice stuff thanks for sharing I have a 460WM/50 cal wildcat will take a pic of that it is listed in the 14th ed of Cartridges of the world.

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303 round used as a gauge so I have got a few others out but not all of them the first pics show a 700 Nitro and its 1000 grain projie.
Next we have a purpose built wildcat on the 375 H&H it is called a Professional Hunter the projectile miked at .435" so I guess 45 cal. This was the case the chap had to present to the Police Ballistic section so they could do what they do to legalize it, it is not commercially available as far as I know. Also another one he was developing a .222 rimmed to .17 cal the cases have no head stamps on them.
I got the coiled rounds out as they were in the bag.
Metrics are from Right to Left; (303 round extreme Rt, sorry got the direction incorrect on the initial post)
9.3 x 82 Nimrod
11 x 71 Schuler
9.3 x 53 M + FA Co
7 x 56 Peters
8 x 57 Kynoch
7 x 61 Sharpe & Hart (Norma)
11 x 65 B Stahl Suhl
9.3 x 62 Norma Re
9.3 x 62 RWS
5.6 x 61 Vom Hofe (BB brass)
Finally a 5.7 x 43 SAKO apparently this is a rare one I was told.

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CINDERS, really nice cartridge collection, you have some that are not common to find around the USA. Attachment 67656Attachment 67657Attachment 67658Attachment 67659Attachment 67660

Here are a few more from my collection:

Top right 303 Lewis m/g (1918 test) and 303 Mark 7

left 9.8 Colt ACP, 45 Thompson 1923 and 455 auto

second, 22 WCF, 25-20 UMC, 22-3000 G&H, 25-21 Peters, 25-20 WRA & 28-30-120 UMC

third, 45 Colt and 44 Evans lever action

far right. 7,62x54R Soviet and 6,3x53R Finnish

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Very nice RCS I like the 455 Auto don't let that Russian round near a magnet though as they are a copper wash steel case guess they used the wash so it was not steel on steel in the chamber causing galling or hard extraction anyway they are nice looking lot thanks for posting them, as you can attest it is a time consuming task getting a collection together. Unless you come across a collector selling their whole collection which dents wallets very deeply. I think from memory a 700 nitro like mine is about $150.00/Au and a loaded one up to $200.00 that is not really expensive when you compare it to 20 empty cases of 505 Gibbs @$650.00/AU .
I will post some more Metrics up and have a fish around in my Large Western Rifle collection to see whats there as they are all put away hidden because we are not allowed (or supposed to) have any on display they have to be locked away I mean every one has a 600 nitro rifle in their gun safe and a Holland & Holland at that, our laws here are very difficult at times.

I try to keep attaining but the market is just not here and my own paltry effort started in 1971 when I collected a complete inert Hispano 20mm shell ~ still going , I was in the cadets then we always squirreled a bit of 303 Mk VII stuff when we left the range tucked into our socks under our gaiters or pockets in our J G's but glad we did not get busted as it was a Commonwealth offence to remove live ammo from the range, young and dumb.

Poscript ~I found these lurking in a seldom visited spot on my shelves a packet though only 6 rounds of 6.5 Portugese rounds from memory I paid a hefty price for them a few years ago now $75/Au from memory