I ran across some old ammo today and inside a 30s to 40s vintage box of Remington "Dogbone" red on green label .25 auto were two cartridges of brass, crimped 25 auto shotshell.
On the base in very, very small letters are F N and the a star. I'm thinking maybe Fabrique National?
Any ideas whose and what year?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: moosedog,

Ratshot in .25 or crimped blanks?

It's the crimped type. I tried to take a picture of the base to capture the "F" "N" and star but couldn't, too small.

I would say blanks or they are industrial loads for nail guns for shooting screws into concrete and such

I may agree on blanks, but they are too old to be for the nail guns. They have the old 30s copper primers.
I only have two of them, wish I had more. If I did i'd fire one or break it down to see. I'm sure some one has seen these before.

Maybe they are detonators. The old pineapple type grenade from WW2 used either a 32 ACP or 25 ACP blank to ignite the fuse. I can't remember which. Maybe this is a for a detonation devise of some sort.

I haven't look at a 25 acp round lately but this crimped round looks like it has to big of a rim for a 25 acp

I seem to remember blank guns in 6mm. They were popular in countries that forbade the sale of standard pistol ammo.

Not sure what it is. Have never seen anything like it before.

That is unusual. I don't know what it is but would be glad to find out. Thanks for posting.

It appears to be the type of round we use to use years ago in track and field events for the starter pistol.

Well, I dug out an old Colt 25 auto and it chambered just fine.
All the starter guns I have ever seen were revolvers. Correct me if i'm wrong. Maybe a European country may have had starter rounds for a auto.

quote:

Originally posted by moosedog:
Well, I dug out an old Colt 25 auto and it chambered just fine.
All the starter guns I have ever seen were revolvers. Correct me if i'm wrong. Maybe a European country may have had starter rounds for a auto.

25 ACP is a semi rimmed ctg. In Europe it was not unusual to find revolvers chambered for both 25 ACP and 32 ACP.