brass cavalry item???

[alderan33]

Hey all:
I found this in a plowed field near a Cavalry Camp. Don't know what it is though. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, and HH.

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

looks like a stripper clip for a Springfield or similar rifle.......

 

[Retired Sarge]

Yeap it's a stripper clip, no doubt about that.

Mike
USAF Retired

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Definitely a German Mauser Model 1898 stripper-clip.

This find is more proof that very post-civil-war Military stuff frequently gets dug up at the same spot as civil war Military relics. Alderan33, that statement is NOT directed "at" you. It's for the education of all diggers who read the What-Is-It forum. I can't explain how your 1898 German stripper-clip came to hit the ground in that civil war Cavalry Camp field, but it definitely is what it is. My guess would be war-surplus sales to American civilians by dealers like Bannerman.

Anybody who is doubtful can go here and see the ID (with photo) showing the very-exact match.
http://www.rcarms.com/5.html

 

[allan]

Nice Id , obviously Wyoming has covered up a secret German invasion circa 1900

 

[Retired Sarge]

Here's a shot of one of my Turkish 8mm Mauser stripper clips with the rounds in it. Note the similarities between the clips.

Mike
USAF Retired

 

[nsdq]

after ww1 and 2 german rifles where sold cheap all over the use and lot of people own or owned one at the time my self own one with 20,000 rds and just as many stripper clips