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[tinner]

Can anyone help identify this shell casing, age and any other info? I tried to on the web but cant seem to find much.
Thanks,

 

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[vpnavy]

I searched

and found another one on: Nice afternoon at the city park. A couple of surprises (Aug 29, 2015) "...The smaller one is marked W.R.A.Co and what looks like 30 G and the rest is damaged..."

I searched Google and found a bunch of confusing descriptions. I did find a similar one that sold for $5 and one for $10 this year. Other references indicated that many WRA bullets of the early 1900s and made by Winchester.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Can anyone help identify this shell casing, age and any other info? I tried to on the web but cant seem to find much.

Best guess is that is was a .30 caliber round used for the 1903 Springfield rifle.

 

[ToddsPoint]

The .30-03 was the predecessor of the .30-06. Thirty caliber made in 1903. Most all military rifles chambered for .30-03 were converted to .30-06. Very few .30-03s survive today. The .30-06 is shorter and can be fired in a .30-03. A .30-03 cartridge can’t be fired in an 06.

 

[tinner]

The .30-03 was the predecessor of the .30-06. Thirty caliber made in 1903. Most all military rifles chambered for .30-03 were converted to .30-06. Very few .30-03s survive today. The .30-06 is shorter and can be fired in a .30-03. A .30-03 cartridge can’t be fired in an 06.

Hello and thanks for the information,
Do you know what year they stoped making the 30-03 cartridge?

 

[tinner]

The .30-03 was the predecessor of the .30-06. Thirty caliber made in 1903. Most all military rifles chambered for .30-03 were converted to .30-06. Very few .30-03s survive today. The .30-06 is shorter and can be fired in a .30-03. A .30-03 cartridge can’t be fired in an 06.

Hello and thanks for the information,
Do you know what year they stoped making the 30-03 cartridge

I searched

and found another one on: Nice afternoon at the city park. A couple of surprises (Aug 29, 2015) "...The smaller one is marked W.R.A.Co and what looks like 30 G and the rest is damaged..."

I searched Google and found a bunch of confusing descriptions. I did find a similar one that sold for $5 and one for $10 this year. Other references indicated that many WRA bullets of the early 1900s and made by Winchester.

Same thing I found, a bounch of confusing descriptions.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Hello and thanks for the information,
Do you know what year they stoped making the 30-03 cartridge

Same thing I found, a bounch of confusing descriptions.

It was replaced by the .30-06 in 1906, so I’d say pretty soon after.

 

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[Almy]

WRA is for Winchester Repeating Arms.