Printable View
I think that it was only the poms that called it the Charlie-Gee. We still have them as old War Reserve Stores but really, they've been supersceded by lightweight disposable anti tank stuff now. I mentioned this to one of our examiners who was responsible for their annual % checkover who commented that they might be old and the rest of it but they hit hard and you get 20 rounds from a Charlie Gee from the cost of one disposable a/t rocket
L-R 460 WM, N.E BP, 600 N.E, 470 N.E and 375 coiled
Postscript ~ named the 470 incorrectly it is a 500/465 Kynoch my bad for being really really really lazy and not looking at the base of the cartridge apologies for that.......:(
A friend of mine who was in the AATV called it that was just wondering BAR how it came to have that nikQuote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Nice examples in your photo, years ago you could purchase the entire Weatherby production cartridges in a set (dummies) at the gun shows. The 600 Nitro is a very expensive cartridge to find now (as with most of the nitros and large black power cartridges.
Photo shows some Sharps rifle cartridges, not all are original but modern production for shooting. The unmarked case is the 45-120 Sharps. You had somewhat of a choice on some of the Sharps cartridges: straight case or bottleneck for the same caliberAttachment 62632
I'm Canadian.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
The above is the only one I am missing from the Weatherby line and has been rather a task to find out where to procure a single here in Aus as we cannot post live rounds.
I will scratch around and find a few more I know I have a Schueler and a 505 Gibbs plus a few others, I have a think 5.6mm (.224) stamped SAKO round which I find interesting and have broken my collection down into the following groups together N.E, Large Western, Large Metric, Western pistol etc packets. The larger cases I store in my book room, I have some Ball MK VII 303 March and Dec 1918. It is pretty hard to collect stuff here in Aus given our isolation and the available market still it is a process I guess.
I have always been interested in Ordnance from a very early age and find it quite fascinating all the different concepts out there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
OK, I just have to ask, what caliber is the NE BP? :dunno:
I would guess a British 450 Express ?
Damn close RCS .400 P Kynoch but I may have goofed assuming that a full lead would be a B.P round will consult the 14th Ed of C.O.T.W and get back with the answer :p
CINDERS, I found a 220 SAKO not made up, but original headstamp, and related to the very accurate 22 PPC cartridge.
In my photo, the 220 SAKO is the third from the left, the last are also most interestingAttachment 62658