Old Road

[Lizardchaser]

Hi All

Have been hunting an old wagon road into the town i live at for a few years now. Finding a few old shells and bullets and a few other odds and ends.

The copper or brass buckle cover I found this spring.

The web brass is a first, and I have found 2 more oxen shoes.

Back of buckle


Thanks for looking... got more If you like it...I can post at a later date

Nick

 

[Nemo]

You probably know this but the "horseshoe" in your pictures is actually an oxen shoe.

Nemo

Boy oh boy, what a dumbah I didn't read what you had written just looked at pictures. What a dummy am I

 

[Lizardchaser]

n/t

 

[Anonymous]

Ox shoe's have become quite collectable in some circles over the past few years. I'd hang on to them.
Nice finds,
David@Dixie

 

[Lizardchaser]

So was this pistol round???

 

[Lizardchaser]

I cannot make out any ejector marks.

 

[Nemo]

There are 3 possibilities here. .35 Allen; .38 Short and .38 Long. Firing pin appears to be Ballard

What is the diameter of the rim on this one and might be able to eliminate one of the three.

Dave

 

[Lizardchaser]

The dia. is reading .510-511 depending where I turn it round and round.

 

[Nemo]

I am looking my guesses in Barnes' Cartridges of the World under Current and Obsolete Rimfire Cartridges. Sorry there is no match (not even close) for the base of the cartridge to be that size.

Dave

 

[Nemo]

Measurements would indicate a .46 Extra Long. It was a Ballard cartridge and firing pin appears to be Ballard.

Dave

 

[Lizardchaser]

n/t

 

[Lizardchaser]

n/t

 

[Nemo]

It's .38 long or short. Both were fired in the Ballard along with others. The Long came out during the CW and was generally a rifle bullet but later revolvers chambered for them. The short is post CW and was also used in sporting rifles and revolvers.

Hope this helps

Dave

BTW you can tell if it was fired in a Ballard rifle by looking on the sides of the casing. If there are "curved scratches" actually chamber drag on the casing on ejection it was fired from a rifle if not then revolver.

 

[ngrelic]

Looks like a Henry carbine casing.