Cartridge collecting.

**CINDERS** · 05-31-2024 12:25 PM

A cartridge case everyone should have !

This case is from the 800mm Gustav cannon the largest ever built capable of firing a 4.8 tonne & 7 tonne projectile used in the siege of Sevastopol in WWII.
Weighed over 1,350 tonnes took a veritable army of men and flak batteries with fighter cover to operate.

For scale my wife is 5' 8" tall it is not a faker as it had the primer (Fired) present it's a whopper of a case.

**Highly Recommended** · 05-31-2024 12:25 PM

A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered. Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping. In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail. I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!). CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping.

Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles.

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**Timothy-R** · 05-31-2024 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by CINDERS

A cartridge case everyone should have !.

Wonder if Lee has a factory crimp die for this one

**Aragorn243** · 06-01-2024 06:08 PM

It looks like she could sleep in that thing.

**72 usmc** · 06-03-2024 09:04 AM

So I wonder how much shipping would be? Thanks for posting. Takes the term huge to a new level. Like collecting practice bombs--you need some space.

**limpetmine** · 06-03-2024 09:43 AM

I recall reading about the Siege, and that railroad gun struck the fortress with one shell, and it entered from the roof and exited the basement, through 8-10 floors of stone. All in all, these huge guns were a waste of manpower and materials.

**CINDERS** · 06-04-2024 04:00 AM

It hit a Russian icon

ammunition dump passing through 90' of rock to destroy it.

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