Bullet shell
- Thread starter akasyto
- Start date
Ok this one has me stumped. BUT I know of a collector that might help.
VW is not on any list I can find:
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes#V
Also the date 18- 98???? The numbers on the left SHOULD be the month. Maybe it is the 18th week of 1898? NO idea.
But I think you have a Springfield 45-70 casing there.
VW is not on any list I can find:
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes#V
Also the date 18- 98???? The numbers on the left SHOULD be the month. Maybe it is the 18th week of 1898? NO idea.
But I think you have a Springfield 45-70 casing there.
Vermonster
Elite Member
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2014
- Messages
- 9,477
Wow. usually I can Google at least one page that lists something. I can find ZERO info on this. Very cool, hope someone has an answer.....
Karletto
Senior Member
That's year 1898 100%...
Basically if the headstamp is divided into four sections like yours, you are looking about ww1 era or even 19th century...
Basically if the headstamp is divided into four sections like yours, you are looking about ww1 era or even 19th century...
chris kennedy
Elite Member
that looks like a shotgun shell i found a 1916 version of pretty much the same thing on my property.
