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Rimfire casing the size of a 38.
dcon12
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I found a brass casing the size of a 38 round but it is rimfire. Did they make such a round? Don
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I'd never heard of it either, but here you go;
They made several different lengths, similar to 22rf. Bob
Is this a set up for some smart remark ?😜
I think someone still makes a 9mm rimfire shot shell (European garden gun). Otherwise it could be a 38 Rimfire but they are no longer made. Most of them look reddish copper colored.
I have one of those European garden guns, 22 RF x 9mm shot. Ammo available but pricey.
Looks like a toy but very well built.
No, I found this in the yard metal detecting. It is brass and looked like a 38 but is rim fire. Don
Probably 5 different calibers it could be depending on length. Lots of old rimfire rounds that are obsolete now days.
They made rimfire cartridges a lot bigger than that one. Civil war stuff ran into the 50's and bigger.
My first guess was a 9mm shotshell. I have one around here somewhere in my "Photo Cartridges" box. But, as mentioned, it could be any of several others.
From the wiki
"The .38 rimfire cartridge was a common round for many antique revolvers and rifles from the 1870s to the early 1900s. It was a common self-defense round for a small revolver that was often kept in a vest pocket through the 1890s. Production in the United States of rimfire calibers larger than .22 ceased upon the country's entry into World War II and was never resumed by the major manufacturers. Factory loaded ammunition is no longer available except as collector items."
It's probably been in your yard for quite awhile. Of course there would have been ammo around for decades after mass production stopped.
I have found shotgun shells from the late 1800's. I believe it is an old casing. The house was built in 1850 something. Don
When i find something old like that I clean it up and put it on a shelf. I rented an old farm house that was a log cabin with an addition added. When I moved I gave all interesting old stuff I had found to the owner. He was surprised and thankful.
I live by an old rock quarry. While doing something I dug up an old draft horse shoe. I assume it was thrown from one of the horses used in the quarry. It is displayed in a glass door cabinet along with some other old stuff.
Prior to creation of center fire cartridges, rimfires were made from .22 caliber up into the 60's. .32s and .38s were fairly common. Have about 3 dozen different rimfire cartridges in my collection, and THAT is not scratching the surface.
50-70 was centerfire.
You have it . Don
Case lengths: 38 Short rimfire: .768; 38 Long rimfire: .873; 38 Extra Long rimfire: 1.480. This info from COTW.