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HELP IDENTIFYING A CARTRIDGE

dsmc1dsmc1 Member Posts: 112 ✭✭
edited September 2013 in Ask the Experts
I bought this cartridge at a gun show, which is apparently made from a cut-down 50 BMG case. FMJ round nose bullet measures .706". brass case is 1.485" long. Thought the dealer called it a 17x something, but I didn't write it down and just can't remember it.

I would submit a photo, but it looks just like a .45ACP with a Thyroid condition.

Any of you guys recognize it?

Thanks.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The lug nuts on my quad are 17 millimeter. I know because I had to hunt up a metric socket, to get them off.

    Can't imagine any handgun chambering a 17 millimeter anything. Some wise guys idea of a joke maybe. Lot of this Zombie stuff floating around nowadays. Hornady actually make anti-zombie ammo, in various calibers and gauges.
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  • CheechakoCheechako Member Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    17mm is approximately .67 caliber. There are wildcat cartridges with bullets that large in diameter, and larger. Cut down 50 BMG cases are a common parent for wildcat cartridges. The 700 JDJ and 950 JDJ come to mind.

    Never underestimate what a confirmed wildcatter will try.
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    18x38? (2x a 9x19 Luger)
    Any headstamp on it?
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  • dsmc1dsmc1 Member Posts: 112 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Headstamped: AFTE 69 94 25 YEARS.

    with a 50 BMG size primer
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dsmc1
    Headstamped: AFTE 69 94 25 YEARS.

    with a 50 BMG size primer


    AFTE might be a abbreviation for the, "Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners"? If that's what it is? It's probably a souvenir commemorating their 25th anniversary. Not real, just something to use as a paperweight?
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