Now there's an idea!
Strange 45 Colt Ammo - What is it?
- Thread starter cdf121
- Start date
DWalt
Member
Why would Winchester have the slightest idea as to what these are? They obviously never came from the factory that way. The fact that no one on the IAA Forum has been able to make a positive identification indicates to me that it is highly unlikely that anyone other than the individual who originally made them knows for sure what their purpose was.
Last edited:
You're probably right - has to be a one-off someone made for some reason. We may never know.
He said an old girlfriend worked at an auction house and they came out of an estate sale. Read 'Unknown Origin'!
I'd guess the filler/glue type matl was to both hold the false primer disc in place from the inside of the case and gives the bullet something to sit down onto.
Maybe the base of the bullet was supposed to glue itself to the substance if it is in fact something like stick shellac resin glue in there.
Maybe, maybe, maybe...
They are certainly different.
Maybe they were rejects from the key fob things and were too short to drill for the hole or the hole went askew.
So they were lathed off as shown leaving the short stub.
....Maybe they're 45Colt 'Field+' Headspace Gauges.
Now they're good for something even if you never use them...
That may wind up being the be the definitive answer.
Still not sure what that would be, and I don't know how I could ever use them...
gwpercle
Member
The 45 Colt Headspace Gauge might be a possibility . Do we have any Revolver Smiths who might know if such "gauges" exist ?
I always enjoy these ...Whatizit's !
Gary
Well, I tried to pull the piece out from the bottom with no success. It is a separate piece. A little gap I can get a utility blade under, but it wouldn't budge, with pliers either.
I then emptied the contents out and saw the brass protrudes inside the case at full diameter for about 0.2". I took a punch and tried to hammer it out, but no movement.
[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]
I then emptied the contents out and saw the brass protrudes inside the case at full diameter for about 0.2". I took a punch and tried to hammer it out, but no movement.
[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]
Attachments
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2015
- Messages
- 1,364
- Reaction score
- 1,595
Whatever these were for someone sure went to a lot of trouble to make them.
DWalt
Member
And as of a few minutes ago, there is still no positive identification on the IAA forum. If there is anyplace on Earth that a resolution of what that .45 round was intended to do could come from, it would be there.
Similar threads
- Locked
