military rimfire?

[wyoming hunter]

i found a rimfire round up in some mtns. with strange markings i was wondering ifit was a military round? an indian battle feild was close to their

 

[sectshun8]

Thats not rimfire, its centerfire... maybe a Federal round? Commerical ammo I believe.

 

[wyoming hunter]

your right i was thinking that because of the raised end. thats what made me think it was an older round.

 

[sectshun8]

Correction... FA is Franklin Arsenal outta PA, not sure about the 8 and 02, maybe MFG date?

 

[wyoming hunter]

mabe the frankfurt armory ive heard of them but do they still make rounds with raised ends like that?

 

[sectshun8]

your right i was thinking that because of the raised end. thats what made me think it was an older round.

The raised end usually makes the round designation have a R, for example, 7.62x54R, the R meaning Rimmed (if I'm not mistaken), and come to think of it, it does look like it could be that same cartridge.

 

[sectshun8]

...do they still make rounds with raised ends like that?

Yes, the 7.62x54R is used in Dragunov Rifles, as well as many of the Mosin Nagant rifles, like M44 (which I own). I have about 160 of those "raised edge" rounds right this second.

 

[wyoming hunter]

thank you ive been scratching my head on that one for a while

 

[Voriax]

It's Frankford Arsenal, not franklin or frankfurt The numbers are most likely month and the year of manufacture. Looks bit odd to be a 54R, the bottleneck looks too small. Oh and the month/year numbering system is for pre-WW1 rounds only.

Voriax

 

[achaios]

The cartridge looks like a 30-30 to me. Did the military ever use that round, so that it would have been produced at the Frankfort Arsenal?

-- Tom

 

[wyoming hunter]

their was an indian battle feild close by where i found it what type of rifles were used in the indian wars

 

[sectshun8]

The cartridge looks like a 30-30 to me. Did the military ever use that round, so that it would have been produced at the Frankfort Arsenal?

-- Tom

Good call on that Tom... a 30-30 would definitely foot the bill as well. 30-30 aka 7.62x51R seems like a very good candidate.

However I don't believe they were in regular use until maybe the VERY late 1890s or early 1900s. And even still, this day in age it is a very popular hunting round.

 

[wyoming hunter]

the 02 on the head stamp may be the date like 2002 or 1902