Old rimfire ammo, what is it?

Ya, he's a real smart one.

Just double checked his ban and I screwed up and only made it a 7 day ban so I had to re-ban him permanently.

Then to top it off I see he had another account going as well and took care of that one while I was fixing the other one.
 
MadDog said:
Ya, he's a real smart one.

Just double checked his ban and I screwed up and only made it a 7 day ban so I had to re-ban him permanently.

Then to top it off I see he had another account going as well and took care of that one while I was fixing the other one.
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Must be a slow learner, maybe a possible Darwin Award recipient. Good work MadDog.
 
From 'The American Cartridge" Suydam

38 RF case lengths

Sht .740-.793"
Lg .853-.931"
XLg .1.455-1.481"

There was considerable difference in CL between makers.
 
MadDog said:
Thanks guys, ya I guess when it comes to old bullets like this the sizes weren't exact on all of the old shells, I guess I can call them 38 long rimfire.
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Hey MadDog.... Thanks for a neat thread and great pictures.
This old geezer thoroughly enjoys stuff like that in spite of the other nonsense...
 
Rod B said:
Must be a slow learner, maybe a possible Darwin Award recipient. Good work MadDog.
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Lol he didn't wanna learn what rim fire it was probably carries on that attitude towards everything yea can't fix stupid "here's your sign"
 
Hey not everyone who doesn't "get it" is a s**t disturber. I bumped into a guy near Creston who was "using up" a couple of boxes of .25 cal rimfire on the local grouse population. Tried to explain to him the value of said ammo in original boxes. He didn't get it either. One mans bread...
 
I'm not understanding something. Are you guys that own these old rimfires telling me that you thrive on finding shells for those old guns but don't shoot them when you find ammo?
 
MidwayUSA has a bunch of great vids on Youtube, and there is a specific one where LArry Potterfield talks about this big rimfire ammo and the rifles that shoot them
 
CIL offered .22 WRF, .22 WRA, .22 RA, .22 RS, .25 Short, .25 Stevens, .32 Short, .32 Long and some stores even had .38 Short and Long both in stock until the Big Crunch came in 1968.

ALL were headstamped "D".

COTW often gives dates as for AMERICAN factories. Some of these were in production in Canada for MUCH longer.

IVI trashed them all, then destroyed existing stocks.

Pity.
 
That would make sense cause about 80% of all the ammo in that box was all Dominion.

Could probably make a display for the camp with all the old Winchester bullets that were in there......40-60, 33wfc, 40-72, etc, etc.
 
MadDog said:
I'm not understanding something. Are you guys that own these old rimfires telling me that you thrive on finding shells for those old guns but don't shoot them when you find ammo?
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These cartridges are hard to find - and pricey. Who can afford to shoot them off?
One must make reloadable ones to shoot. I have only four 32 rimfire cartridges but I have five little darlings to shoot them in. Don't mention my .41 rimfires.
janice
 
.32 caliber Long Rim Fire Smith & Wesson Number 2 cartridge.

Used in Model No.2 Old Model Revolver Smith & Wesson revolvers (a.k.a. Model No.2 Army) 1861-1872.






This is a nice example of the No.2 Old Army Smith & Wesson revolver---NOT MINE.
The rim fire cartridges used in these revolvers were the leading edge back in the Civil War period when they were first introduced.



David
 
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got some too. Some head-stamped D, some E
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