An assortment of DWM 7x57mm ammo. The clip on the right is undated. This would have been the stuff Bell used to slay all those elephants. An ordinary 1897 dated 7x57, 173 gr solid bullet DWM headstamp next to a very unusual cartridge, a short-necked "7x57" supplied to the Boers during the war with the British. The explanation for the short neck that I've heard is that DWM used 7.65x53 brass as an expedient to fill the order for the South Africans. This ammo was responsible for blowing up a number of rifles, though the exact cause remains a bit of a mystery. On the right, a clip of Boer war era 7mm, dated from 1897-99.
An array of 7mm: a common Kynoch loaded 7x57 soft nose; a 7mm Rigby Magnum Flanged. Very few rifles were built for this round. A 7x64 and a 7x65R Brenneke, both by RWS. Proving that there's very little new under the sun, the very first short belted magnum, the .275 H&H. The .375 H&H usually gets credit for being the first belted magnum, but both these cartridges were introduced in the same year, so it's difficult to say for sure which came first. If Winchester had chambered this round in the Model 70, like they did with the .375 and .300 magnums, the 7mm Remington magnum might not exist today. Next up the .280 Ross, one Kynoch, the other Eley. Finally a very rare round, the .280 Jeffery. For some reason this cartridge never caught on and in late pre-war catalogues it wasn't even listed.
And finally some small bore stuff: the fairly well known 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, and the not so well known 6.5x53R Dutch Mannlicher. Next to it is a cartridge I'd never heard of until I acquired a sample. There is nothing on the headstamp except K N M Co. Handwritten on the case are three names: .256 Frasier, .256 Swift, and 6.5 High Velocity. The case is the same as the 6.5x53R except it has a longer neck and slightly thicker rim. I can't find my copy of C.O.W. to see if it's in there. Next up, a .242 Vickers. Finally, four examples of the .240 Belted Rimless H&H, aka, the .240 Apex. Firing a .245" bullet, the ballistics are similar to the .243 Win. with a 100 gr. bullet. Looks a lot like a .240 Weatherby, doesn't it?
An array of 7mm: a common Kynoch loaded 7x57 soft nose; a 7mm Rigby Magnum Flanged. Very few rifles were built for this round. A 7x64 and a 7x65R Brenneke, both by RWS. Proving that there's very little new under the sun, the very first short belted magnum, the .275 H&H. The .375 H&H usually gets credit for being the first belted magnum, but both these cartridges were introduced in the same year, so it's difficult to say for sure which came first. If Winchester had chambered this round in the Model 70, like they did with the .375 and .300 magnums, the 7mm Remington magnum might not exist today. Next up the .280 Ross, one Kynoch, the other Eley. Finally a very rare round, the .280 Jeffery. For some reason this cartridge never caught on and in late pre-war catalogues it wasn't even listed.
And finally some small bore stuff: the fairly well known 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, and the not so well known 6.5x53R Dutch Mannlicher. Next to it is a cartridge I'd never heard of until I acquired a sample. There is nothing on the headstamp except K N M Co. Handwritten on the case are three names: .256 Frasier, .256 Swift, and 6.5 High Velocity. The case is the same as the 6.5x53R except it has a longer neck and slightly thicker rim. I can't find my copy of C.O.W. to see if it's in there. Next up, a .242 Vickers. Finally, four examples of the .240 Belted Rimless H&H, aka, the .240 Apex. Firing a .245" bullet, the ballistics are similar to the .243 Win. with a 100 gr. bullet. Looks a lot like a .240 Weatherby, doesn't it?
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