Blank loading made for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, Winchester Repeating Arms Co. used a .450 Revolver case with special headstamp. It was only ever loaded as a blank and no loaded rounds were made.
Cartridges
30 SHERMAN
The 30 Sherman was designed by Sherman Wildcat Cartridges from Brenham, TX and is based on the 300 PRC case.
28 SHERMAN
info to follow
338 ARC
Hornady’s 338 ARC started out life as a military cartridge around 2017 when the US Department of Defense was looking for better subsonic accuracy and better terminal performance than what was available at the time. As opposed to the 300 Blackout that could provide...
338 PRITZ
Developed by Austrian Master Gun and Knife manufacturing firm of Pritz Jagdwaffen GmbH.
25-30 WINCHESTER EXPERIMENTAL
In his article, Winchester's "Forgotten" Cartridges, 1866-1900 by Paul Foster he gives a fascinating insight on the early developmental work that was done by Winchester in cartridge development. It was during the mid 1890’s that interest was shown in .25cal....
25-25 STEVENS
This was the first straight-cased cartridge designed by Capt. W. L Carpenter of the 9th US infantry in 1895 as a target rifle in the Stevens Model 44 and 44½ rifles. Although relatively successful, the 25 – 21 Stevens, developed in 1897 gave better ballistics with a...
15,4 X 35R AUSTRIAN
According to Motz, Vol. 3 p67 & 260 this unknown case might be related to the 577 Serbian Peabody. It is loaded with the Roth patent primer and may have been presented by Roth to Serbia for the adoption of the new primer system. (Roth Case #17).
14 X 76R UNKNOWN
This cartridge, originally from the Woodin collection is also the specimen that was featured in the April 2017 edition of the ECRA English group newsletter. It is loaded with a paper patched STEEL round nose bullet. The noted from the ECRA bulletin were as follows by...
10.3mm ROTH
This is the extremely rare 10.3mm Roth (GR#762) that was entered by them for the British pistol trials, and although records stated that the performance was satisfactory, it was not adopted. According to Erlmeier, Brandt, it was only produced for these trials....
9mm DUMONTIER
This is the middle of three Dumontier cartridges, the other being the 7mm and the 12mm. Also used in Canne, or walking stick guns. (Dixon Ref. FR56)
3.5 X 28.5 MINIATURE MAUSER
These are half-scale cartridge versions of the 7x57 Mauser that were manufactured in the early 1930’s to present to ranking members of the Mexican military, in this case to General Joaquin Amaro: Mexican Secretary of National Defence from 1924-1931. Apparently, these...
7mm BACK COUNTRY
This was a 2024 development by Federal as a high-performance, all-range cartridge that that provides superior ballistics and terminal performance than its main rivals, the 28 Nosler, 7mm Rem Mag and the 7mm PRC. It uses Federal’s patented Peak Alloy case, which can...
8.85 X 54R MB TARGET
This is Lorenz Case #230 and was only listed in the Lorenz c1886 Export catalog. Currently there is very little information available on this rare cartridge, (Dixon Ref. MB 118).
6 X 39R MANNLICHER MINIATURE
This is the rare 6 x 39R Miniature Mannlicher that was produced by Hirtenberg in Austria for a 2/3rd scale M.95 Mannlicher rifle. The rifle is housed in the Vienna Museum of Military History. See also Motz Vol.1 p.189. (Dixon Ref. A88)
12.2 X 54R No. 2 FERLACHER
This rare cartridge was listed in the 1901 Hirtenberg catalog and was the second of three cartridges listed. (Dixon Ref A75).
11.15 X 60R MAUSER
On the page describing the history and development of the 6.5 X 52 Carcano and other 6.5mm’s, one name surfaces throughout the late 1880’s onwards in practically all facets of rifle and cartridge research, development and manufacturing and that is the name of Mauser....
10.15 X 61R JARMAN
Norway and Sweden adopted the 12mm rimfire Remington rolling block single-shot rifle as a general-issue service rifle in 1867. Not long afterwards, in 1876 the Norwegian Army became only the second military to adopt a repeating rifle, namely the Krag-Peterson rifle,...
8 X 58R KRAG JÖRGENSEN
An interesting fact about the 8mm Krag-Jorgensen rifle is that even though it was invented in Norway by Captain Ole Hermann Johannes Krag, director of the Royal Manufactory of Arms at Kongsberg, and gunsmith Erik Jorgensen,the county that first adopted it for military...
8 X 40R AUSTRIAN TARGET
This cartridge would seem to be a longer version of the 8 x 37R Austrian Target and is also the only cartridge produced by Keller to have the case number on the headstamp. Still looking for any additional information. (Dixon Ref A91).
7 X 47R SOEMMERDA
The headstamp lists M&W Soemmerda only, which was Munition--und Waffenfabrik in Sömmerda in Thuringia (Germany). I am still looking for any additional information on this cartridge. It is listed in the ECRA database with code 07047BBC040. The specimen listed here...
10.4mm Küchlin – von Steiger REVOLVER
The Swiss adopted a rimfire, black powder revolver in 1872 and like all revolvers in service by various military powers, the slow speed of reloading was a concern, especially to the Swiss military and they set out to find some way to solve the problem. The Thun based...
8 X 72R MINKLER
According to the ECRA database, the 8 x 72R Minkler was developed in the early 1980’s by designer Henner Minkler, who also developed the 7.62 x 74R (.30 x 74R). It was designed as a more powerful version of the 8 x 72R Brenneke.
404/.330″ RIMLESS EXPERIMENTAL
This was an experimental loading based on the 404 Jeffery case that was shortened to 2.6” and necked to .333” although both Fleming and Hoyem do not give any indication of the date of introduction.
450/.360″ 2 3/8″ PURDEY
This seems to have been a short lived idea by Purdey to neck the 450/400 2 3/8” case to .360”.
400 3¼” DRAWN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
This is the drawn case version of the 400 3¼" coiled case discussed above. It is listed in Fleming p.83.
400″ 1 15/64″ PURDEY PAPER CASE
This loading is in all probability an early target loading for rook and rabbit rifles.
380 RIGBY 1 3/4″
This round is listed on p.81 of Fleming but not in Hoyem Vol. 3. Only the 2 ¼” version was listed with mention of a 1 3/4" as a black powder proprietary round from Rigby and cases in all probability by Eley.
276 ELEY MATCH RIFLE
Extremely rare cartridge and according to Hoyem Vol.3 p. 152 the 276 Eley Match Rifle was based on a shortened 280 Ross case and loaded with a match type bullet. Neither Hoyem nor Fleming state a date of development and no further info is known about this rifle.
297/230 MORRIS EXTRA LONG
This is an extended neck version of the 297/230 Morris Long. It is listed on p.9 of Fleming, but Hoyem Vol. 3 does not mention it. I am still looking for any additional info on this cartridge.
30 – 357 ARMI e TIRO
The 30-357 AeT was developed around 2001 by Italian gun writer Nicola Bandini, who named the cartridge after the Italian gun magazine “Armi e Tiro” hence the name .30-357 AeT. It is bases on the 357 Magnum case necked down to .30cal. The logo on the case is FAP...
30 – 357 SUPER MAG
This was another version of the 357 Maximum case necked down to .30cal, like the 300 Rimmed Whisper.
30 CARBINE
The 30 Carbine is listed here for continuity from the Erlmeier, Brandt records, but it was a military cartridge developed during the early years of WW2. It was however loaded in handguns as can be seen by the Kimball Arms Company semi-auto. The pistol used a series of...
30 HERRETT
The 30 Herrett was the brainchild of Steve Herrett and Bob Milek (although some sources state it was Ken Waters) in 1972 for chambering in Thompson/Center pistols and was based on reformed 30-30 Winchester cases.
30 IHMSA
Designed during the late 1970’s this is one of eight IMSA calibers in the series, with the smallest being the .25, followed by the 6.5mm, 270, 7mm, 30, 8mm, 338, and 35. The original designs by Elgin Gates were based on the 300 Savage case with the shoulder moved back...
30 REECE
The 30 Reece was developed by Carson Reece for small game and varmint hunting. It is based on the .357 Magnum case that was necked down and shortened to 1.165". As with the 45 ACP and 44 Magnum cases, there were many wildcatters at different times experimenting with...
30 STREAKER
The 30 Streaker dates from 1993 and was developed by Lee Martin from Arlington, VA. The original idea was born from a dissatisfaction of the 30 Carbine loads in a Ruger Blackhawk. Lee felt that firstly rimless rounds in a revolver tend to provide too many extraction...
30 SUPER CARRY
Federal launched the Super Carry in 2002 as an alternative competitor in the self-defence market. Ballistically is superior to the 380 Auto and almost on par with the 9mm Luger. It was not based on any existing cartridge but was built from scratch. Early on it did...
300 JAWS
Jordanian designed cartridge and available in 225, .250, .300, .350 and .400 JAWS. Cases were made for them by Quality Cartridge. JAWS = Jordanian Armaments and Weapons Systems
300 WILDEY MAGNUM
There is not much information available on this cartridge, and it might not have been a legitimate Wildey design, or else a prototype round that did not make it to production. Still looking for information on this. Brandt lists the 300 Wildey on page 354, although the...
300 RIMMED WHISPER
This is one of the Whisper range of cartridges and is based on the 357 Remington Max case necked down.
300 LONG C.F
This was a very popular Rook and Rabbit rifle in England and was launched in the mid 1890’s. According to Erlmeier, Brandt these were also offered in revolvers. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 320)
300-6-80 REVOLVER CF
This was also a British design for revolvers and was listed from the late 1890’s until the latest in 1933. Shown is a box that was offered at Holts auctioneers in 2017. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 321)
31 COLT THUER
At the end of the American Civil War, one thing became clear in the world of handguns. The era of the percussion revolver was over, and the era of the self-contained metallic cartridge had arrived. Except for the folks at Smith & Wesson, that posed a problem for...
310 CATTLE KILLER
Greener Humane Cattle Killer was introduced in 1895 and used the .310 cartridge that was effectively a shorter case version of the 310 Cadet cartridge. So, although not technically a “Pistol & Revolver” cartridge it is listed here under the handgun section. (Dixon...
32 ALLEN LIPFIRE
This was the first of the 4 Lipfire versions that was invented by Ethan Allen, the other being the .36, .44 and the smallest version, the .25. The history of Ethan Allen is covered under the 44 LIPFIRE.
32 COLT NEW POLICE
As with the 38 S&W and the 38 Colt New Police, this was the designation that Colt gave to the 32 S&W Long cartridge so that they did not have to stamp the name of their rival on the revolvers they manufactured. Colt had cartridges loaded for them with a flat...
32 H & R MAGNUM
From Cicil War days and the old 32 Rimfire, there have been many 32 caliber designs, up to the 32 S&W Long dating from 1896. With the introduction of the 38 Special in 1898, a mere two years after the 32 S&W Long, the popularity of these smaller diameter...
32 LONG C.F.
Very similar although less powerful than the 32 Long Colt, it was also developed in the conversion from the old 32 Long Rimfire to centerfire. This cartridge is, like the 320 Short in all probability an old British design dating from the late 1860’s. The change from...
32 LONG COLT – (INSIDE LUBRICATED)
This is the improved, inside lubricated version of the original .32 Long Colt discussed below. The case is longer than the original to enclose the inside lubricated bullet, but the overall length is basically the same as the original version. With the phasing out of...
