Where to find 380 revolver ammo?

I have a small handful of the original .380 Revolver cartridges and they are nothing close to a .38S&W.

The .38S&W casing served as the platform for the .380Mark II revolver cartridge used in the Service in the SECOND World War. The commercial .38S&W is loaded with a 146-grain bullet, while the military loads are with a 200-grain or the later 178-grain. The casing of the S&W is noticeably fatter than the original .380 Revolver cartridge.

My .380 Revolver cartridges have a folded-head construction with a Boxer primer looking much like a small-sized shotgun primer, battery cup and all. They date from the very late 1860s and use a heel-type bullet with external lubrication. These are definitely "antique status". I have not tried to duplicate them because I have no .38 that old.
 
Could you snap a pic of them?

I found enough data to really convince me that I indeed own a .380 Revolver Short gun.

Cerrosafe on the way to cast the cylinders and I have some brass on the way from france. But I'm reasonably sure.

I'd really love to get my hands on a box of that fiocchi loaded ammo but no one in Canada stocks them or even heard about them. Most just assumed it was the same as 380 ACP -.-
 
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