Vintage "H" mark rim fire 38 cal? bullet casing

[Alloffroad]

Found this after tilling the ground for our garden. Nearest i can find it is from the 1880's

 

[jewelerguy]

I believe it's a Winchester cartridge, and the H would stand for New Haven. I could be wrong though.

 

[mirage83]

Don't think that's a .38 casing. Too small, and pretty unlikely a caliber in a modern rimfire.

 

[masterjedi]

It stands for Henry.... Winchester bought out Henry Rifles.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ant...oYTbAhVuw1kKHWERD3sQ_AUICygC&biw=1280&bih=633

 

[Alloffroad]

It's bigger that a 22 or 25cal. Wondering if my finding of 1880's is close?

 

[Joe G from Md]

I would say Henry's .36 cal Civil War period, just a guess.

 

[Red James Cash]

.32-20 maybe

 

[ToddsPoint]

If I remember right, a Henry rifle has dual firing pins and leaves 2 marks on the case. Henry's and Winchester M66's were both .44 rimfire. The "H" on the Winchester .44 ammo was left there to honor Tyler Henry, inventor of the Henry rifle. Gary

 

[Alloffroad]

Thank you folks for the info. We live in northern California. We find obsidian arrow heads every once in a while. To find this is kind of neat.

 

[ivan salis]

older post civil war -- the 1870 - 1880 " rimfire" era modern smokeless powder rifles were often in smaller pistol type calibers --so that you only needed 1 ammo for both pistol and rifle ---32 -20 (32 cal bullet --20 grains of powder) and 38 /40 were common rounds