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Post by airedaleman on Jan 21, 2011 14:41:03 GMT -5
Someone in the Rifle Country forum at the High Road just posted pictures of an old UMC cartridge headstamped 38 REM, and indicated that the bullet measured .370" at the case mouth. No further measurements given. Looks very similar to a .35... Stated he found three of these cartridges. Any ideas?
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Post by Hardrada55 on Jan 21, 2011 17:16:40 GMT -5
Yes, John Henwood, in his book, The Great 8 and 81 has a section about the experimental .38 Remington cartridge. I think they wanted something they could put a heavier bullet in than the 200 grain bullet of the .35 Remington. The idea being you could buy ammo for the .401 WSL rifle loaded with a 250 grain bullet (at about 1800 fps). That is a rare cartridge. I checked the old Buttweiler catalog from several years ago and there is one in there.
Henwood says about 1913 salesmen were informed of a new .38 Remington cartridge which would be added to the line-up of cartridges available for the Remington Autoloading Rifle. There was talk of using 280 or 250 grain bullets. One rifle exists which is marked on the barrel extension "38 Rem". Mr. Henwood speculates that the recoil from a cartridge firing such a heavy bullet in the Remington Model 8 would have been "wicked".
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Post by Hardrada55 on Jan 22, 2011 10:38:47 GMT -5
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Post by airedaleman on Jan 22, 2011 14:45:57 GMT -5
Thanks so much for all the information. I'd really like to know the ballistics and dimension of this apparently still-born cartridge...
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