One of the first american ammunition with rimfire percussion, 1862. The charge on the image is from the beginning of production, when through the flared edge of the shell casings zalemovalo bottom and then vtlačovala match put, today is quite a rare piece. Only later the charge was produced the technology of deep drawing, so as to produce the charge in the present. The missile has a weight of 27.66 g, laborace black powder is 3,43 g. The hub has the days of marking, the right is charge 7,62x39. Photo by author.
Source: J.Hýkel, In. Malimánek "Bullets to be cased" Motoma Podolí u Brna 2003 .
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