Odd looking 44WCF round

[Panic]

Can someone help identify what this round is, please? Thanks, panic

 

[B]

Shotshell.

 

[Panic]

Great, thanks.

 

[Craig0ry]

Uncircumcised 44-40

 

[Panic]

Uncircumcised 44-40

That's funny! ��

 

[marshall]

Uncircumcised 44-40

Could be, what about a blank?, picture is too poor to read the head stamp. Win.?

 

[Brutus]

Apparently it's said Winchester, back in the day, produced on special order Winchester 73s (maybe even 92s?) with a smoothbore. Maybe for Wild West shows using blanks or a smoothbore for stunt shooting of clay pigeons at an arena type event?
I suggest that roll over crimp is on purpose tubular magazine friendly.

 

[B]

Apparently it's said Winchester, back in the day, produced on special order Winchester 73s (maybe even 92s?) with a smoothbore. Maybe for Wild West shows using blanks or a smoothbore for stunt shooting of clay pigeons at an arena type event?
I suggest that roll over crimp is on purpose tubular magazine friendly.

Pretty much everyone made .44-40 shotshells at some point. Including CIL apparently, I think I have a few somewhere.

 

[mbogo3]

Should have a clear plastic disc over the shot.

 

[B]

Should have a clear plastic disc over the shot.

Why? I haven't seen one with a plastic anything.

 

[green]

Why? I haven't seen one with a plastic anything.

Last CIL production in the 60s had a clear plastic overshot wad, pretty common.

 

[B]

Last CIL production in the 60s had a clear plastic overshot wad, pretty common.

The OP doesn't have a CIL round. The ones I have look like a piece of cardstock is in place, just like the Peters and Remington shells I have. The use of plastics in cartridges is relatively new, 60's is about the earliest.

 

[Panic]

It looks like it could be either dirty clay or dirty paper.
I've updated the pictures for better details

 

[9.3mauser]

That's a very old cartridge, pre-WWII from what I've been able to google.

 

[Panic]

That's a very old cartridge, pre-WWII from what I've been able to google.

Oh, ok. Thanks. Probably safer to not shoot it, I guess.

 

[B]

It's very likely perfectly safe to fire. I wouldn't simply because it's worth more as a collection piece.