✅ SOLVED A rainy day "sorting" yields an unknown Pinfire cartridge .. Anybody recognize it?

[creskol]

A rainy day "sorting" yields an unknown Pinfire cartridge .. Anybody recognize it?

Thanks!

 

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[wvwildman]

Sellier & Bellot 7mm

 

[creskol]

Sellier & Bellot 7mm

Cool .. Thanks! Now I just have to figure out how old it is.

 

[kuger]

we have that Pinfire Guru on here now!!He will know.Very interesting Rob!

If I am reading this right they didnt start with Pin fires till 1870?
Sellier & Bellot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find creskol.

 

[wvwildman]

Cartridge Manufacturer, Sellier & Bellot

 

[kuger]

Cartridge Manufacturer, Sellier & Bellot

"Nearly 45 years later, in 1870, Sellier & Bellot began manufacturing pinfire cartridges. Their cartridge manufacturing kept them as one of the major ammunition manufacturers of the time."

 

[creskol]

Thanks all! After reading the links, I guess it is safe to say that dates somewhere between 1870 and 2013. Lots of headstamps, but I didn't see any dates for them. Anyhow, it is post Civil War, so back in the "junk box" it goes!

Thanks for your help everybody!

 

[kuger]

Rob,I dont recall seeing one in any that fellow on here that collects them had?Maybe he would like it?

 

[creskol]

Rob,I dont recall seeing one in any that fellow on here that collects them had?Maybe he would like it?

I am lost Kuger .. who are you referring to? It may be obvious, but my mind is a marshmallow today. Whoever it is, he is welcome to it if he wants it.

 

[kuger]

I am lost Kuger .. who are you referring to? It may be obvious, but my mind is a marshmallow today. Whoever it is, he is welcome to it if he wants it.

...boy can I relate!!!

This fellow,has been quite helpful and is very knowledgeable on Pinfires
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/23019.html

 

[CC Hunter]

Creskol,

Here is the fellow Kuger is referring to:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/338046-pinfire-shotgun-id.html

Looks like he's not been active here for awhile.

CC Hunter

 

[AaronN322]

I actively lurk every couple days. =)

That is my website that was linked to a couple times earlier in this thread too.

Here are more 7mm pinfire variations by Sellier & Bellot:




The OP's was most likely made in their factory in Prague and not made at Schönebeck. This headstamp was also manufactured in Riga, Latvia for the Russian market. The same example is pictured in the top row, second from the right.

 

[kuger]

Fantastic site Aaron,thanks for providing that valuable info!

 

[creskol]

I actively lurk every couple days. =)

That is my website that was linked to a couple times earlier in this thread too.

Here are more 7mm pinfire variations by Sellier & Bellot:

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The OP's was most likely made in their factory in Prague and not made at Schönebeck. This headstamp was also manufactured in Riga, Latvia for the Russian market. The same example is pictured in the top row, second from the right.

Do you have any use for them Aaron? If so, they are yours ... Otherwise, I will probably just toss them.