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September 2010


An early 7.62 x 54R Russian blank........

Here's a cartridge you don't see every day; I had actually never seen one, other than in pictures, prior to receiving several from a friend in Moscow. It is a paper bullet blank that was intended for recruit training and ceremonial salutes. These were loaded using reclaimed cases, and for the one pictured here, it was indeed an early case that was used, having been made in the third trimester of 1891, the year the Mosin-Nagant rifle was adopted by the Russians. This cartridge was one of a group that were found in a bog near Kronstadt, a Russian Naval port on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, about 30 kilometers west of St. Petersburg, Russia. The cases have blackened over time, but otherwise they are in good condition; even the paper bullets are pretty much intact. All of the cartridges had cases dating from 1891 and 1892 and all were of the early style which had a cone shaped bullet; the bullets on later examples have a more rounded appearance. In addition to the year of production shown at the 12 o'clock position in the headstamp, the trimester of production (in this case the third) is shown at the bottom. The symbol on the left is the Cyrillic P, which identifies the manufacturer of the cartridge, Petersburg Patronny Zavod. The P on the right is the Cyrillic R and identifies the source of the brass used in the case.  

The headstamps on the other blank cartridges I received are shown below 

This one was also made at Petersburg using the same brass supplier (P) as the one above, but made in the second trimester of 1892.

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Made at Petersburg in the first trimester of 1892, this one uses brass supplied by another maker identified by the letter K. If anyone knows who any of these brass makers were, I'd appreciate hearing from them. 

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Produced in the third trimester of 1892 using brass from the same supplier (P) as the first two examples, the maker of this case is not known. The maker's identification, perhaps a variation of the Greek letter 'phi' which is the Cyrillic letter for F. 

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The 11.6 (or 11.7) x 40R Danish cartridge.....

The 11.7 x 40R Danish is an unusual cartridge, considering that it was developed years after the rifle it was intended for had already been deemed obsolete two times. The Remington rolling block rifle and carbine were adopted by Denmark in 1867. These were initially chambered for the 11.7 x 42R rim fire cartridge. In 1889 the Krag-Jorgensen bolt action rifle using the 8 x 58R cartridge was adopted by the Danish army. In 1896 the Remington rifles were retired from army service, converted to use the 11.7 x 51.6R center fire cartridge, and reissued to coastal artillery units. These were deemed obsolete in 1919. Many of these rifles were sent to Greenland in the 1950s where they were used for hunting. The 11.7 x 51.6R cartridges were no longer in production at this time, and a suitable cartridge for the rifles was produced by cutting the 8 x 58R Krag case just below the shoulder, producing a case measuring about 40mm long. The Remington rifles continued to be used into the 1960s.  

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The labeling on the box translates to: 20 rifle cartridges 11.6 x 40 lead bullet, non-corrosive priming; progressive (smokeless) powder
for model 67 rifle
Danish Ammunition Factory, Otterup
 

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The cartridges from the box shown above have headstamp dates ranging from 1913 to 1938.

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The 11.7 x 40 R cases were formed from fired 8 x 58R Krag cases; once loaded, the heads were often stamped with a '*' to indicate the cases were reloads.

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Below are examples of the 11.7 x 51R Danish Remington center fire cartridge:

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.Crown 1908 HL

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