Estate find Vintage Ammunition - PIC HEAVY

[dttuner]

Howdy milsurps ammunition gurus! I recently came across an estate sale with some interesting items. Got me a few M95 rifles, and some other goodies I'll be posting in the "identify" section later on.
Below, are some pictures of the various types of ammunition I found. I'll keep updating this thread as I take pictures. There's alot of loose ammo I need to sort through.

I tried to number each photo, so you guys can comment on a specific pic.

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[Bruce_in_Oz]

Some really interesting / oddball stuff there; well spotted, that man!!

Is that a "different" 10rd charger for the T-48 in pix 19 and 20? Looks like an all-steel, "high cap" version of the 6rd cardboard and tin Schmidt-Rubin charger.

[dttuner]

Some really interesting / oddball stuff there; well spotted, that man!!

Is that a "different" 10rd charger for the T-48 in pix 19 and 20? Looks like an all-steel, "high cap" version of the 6rd cardboard and tin Schmidt-Rubin charger.

Im not sure, to be honest. Hoping the community can shed some light.
What caliber ammo is that, and for what rifle? I have 20-ish rounds in good shape.
None of the rifles included in the sale seem to take this clip (Mannlicher 1888, Steyr M95, Spanish La Coruna 8mm).

[Bruce_in_Oz]

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...35edntud-1.jpg

SFM is a French headstamp: (Société Francaise Munitions).

Possibly 11x59R Gras.

That ammo with the strange charger clip: Frankford Arsenal / 1955 / NATO standardization "cross in circle" mark. Early 7.62 x 51 NATO ammo; the 10-round charger is new to me. Not the "horseshoe" charger I associate with the trials T-44 or T-48.

[dttuner]

Perplexing you guys makes me excited
Lemme take a closer look and see if I find any markings on it.

[dttuner]

Can't find any markings on the clip, but here are some other angles, in case it helps with identification.



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What are these little bullets with the "pin" sticking out of the brass?

[jonnyc]

A real mix there; from quite literally trash to a few gems. The best items you have there are the 12mm French Pistol, commercial Smith's paper cartridges (too bad they're not old originals!), the odd Nato stripper clip, and the KTW boxes.

[Sentryduty]

What are these little bullets with the "pin" sticking out of the brass?

Those are quite literally pinfire cartridges, mostly a European market item, around the same time as rimfire popularity in the USA, they were a transitional ignition system before center fire was developed and became the accepted ignition technology.

Under that (Firing) pin there is a primer mounted inside the casing. An external hammer would strike the pin downwards into the cartridge and set off the primer, igniting the powder as you would normally expect.

There are a large variety of pinfire revolvers that were produced, as well a number of pin fire shotguns, I have never seen a pinfire rifle but I am sure they must exist.

All of the pinfire revolvers I have handled were made in Belgium, nice pistols, but the unique cartridge makes them almost impossible to fire. Production of pinfire rounds from memory should be somewhere around 1850-1890 or so. Google would probably tell you more than I know.

[dttuner]

A real mix there; from quite literally trash to a few gems. The best items you have there are the 12mm French Pistol, commercial Smith's paper cartridges (too bad they're not old originals!), the odd Nato stripper clip, and the KTW boxes.

There's alot more loose rifle ammo, and some more pistol ammo.
Just need to organize it and take pics for you guys.


edit - okay, more ammo pics.


























phew! there'd more, but tired of taking pics and posting for now.

[Eaglelord17]

Very nice find. I love the variety