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Old February 21, 2010, 12:23 AM   #1
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.30 caliber rimfire

This may not be the right place to post this, my apologies if it's not. I was sifting through some old ammo that Granny always said Pa brought back from WW2 and came across something interesting (actually a few somethings, but I digress); I found what appears to a copper cased .30 rimfire cartridge! The case is just a shade over 3/4 of an inch long. It has a round nose lead bullet. The only marking is a large U stamped in the center of the case head. It is a rimmed case. Anyone have any ideas? All I can find is that they've been out of production since 1917. Any help is appreciated.
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Old February 21, 2010, 01:14 AM   #2
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Called .30 Short, it was introduced in the 1860s and has been obsolete since about 1920. Loaded with a 56 or 58 gr bullet over 5-6 gr of BP. The cartridge was chambered extensively in cheap pocket pistols, Sharp derringers, and Standard pistols, as well as Colt New Line handguns(according to Cartridges of the World). The U on the base identifies it as manufactured by Union Metallic Cartridge (a division of Remington).
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Old February 21, 2010, 02:19 AM   #3
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Cool. Thanks!
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Old February 21, 2010, 08:18 AM   #4
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Many inexpensive single shot rifles were also chambered in .30 Short.

There was also a slightly more powerful cartridge, the .30 Long, that came out some years after the .30 Short, and which went obsolete around the same time.

Neither was known for great accuracy.
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Just FWIW, while UMC was effectively a part of Remington, it was actually UMC that bought Remington, not vice versa. In the same way, Western Cartridge Co. bought Winchester. Later, of course, DuPont owned Remington-UMC and Olin owned Winchester-Western.

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