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I have checked both "Cartridges of the World, 7th edition" and "The Handloaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions," and neither of them list the 11 Galande cartridge. (The E in Galande is the name on their advertising for the company."
If you Google the website below, there is quite a bit of information on the Galande revolver, including adoption by the Russian Navy.
littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20g/a%20galand%20gb.htm
If you can not find the dimensions, you could make a chamber cast of one chamber of the cylinder, then start comparing the dimensions with something you can modify by using different methods of converting presently available cartridge cases. Also, a SOFT lead slug through the barrel will give you a bullet diameter.
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I have checked both "Cartridges of the World, 7th edition" and "The Handloaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions," and neither of them list the 11 Galande cartridge. (The E in Galande is the name on their advertising for the company."
If you Google the website below, there is quite a bit of information on the Galande revolver, including adoption by the Russian Navy.
littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20g/a%20galand%20gb.htm
If you can not find the dimensions, you could make a chamber cast of one chamber of the cylinder, then start comparing the dimensions with something you can modify by using different methods of converting presently available cartridge cases. Also, a SOFT lead slug through the barrel will give you a bullet diameter.
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First things first find a suitable casing to start with, secondly I think I’ll press a roundball into the cartridge over a load of FFFg powder. Just want to fire it to say I did. This definitely won’t get used because they’re way to rare, especially in this condition. Did some homework it appears to be a Swiss trials model. Has the little cross stamped on it like the ones you see over Bern on the Swiss Lugers. So if that’s the case it’s rarer then most Galands.. and as a rule regular ones are rare.
Revolver at 9 0'clock is a 9mm Galand.
It is chambered for the unusual thick rimmed 9mm Galand - Perrin cartridge. It is opened by swinging the lever on the right of the frame above the trigger. This allows the barrel to be pulled forward and separated from the frame. The cylinder can then be removed.
This one is nickeled, engraved, and appears to have an ivory - or bone - grip.
Making cartridge cases pretty much involves use of a lathe. About the only good news is that the cartridges are centerfire.
It is chambered for the unusual thick rimmed 9mm Galand - Perrin cartridge. It is opened by swinging the lever on the right of the frame above the trigger. This allows the barrel to be pulled forward and separated from the frame. The cylinder can then be removed.
This one is nickeled, engraved, and appears to have an ivory - or bone - grip.
Making cartridge cases pretty much involves use of a lathe. About the only good news is that the cartridges are centerfire.
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