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I was watching this gun with great interest at the R2BA auction in Texas a few months back. Unfortunately the wife was not as fascinated with it as I was. Glad to see you found it a good home! Great caliber and a mountain of good ammo!!!

Forgive my association of “more common 3” loading. That was too loose of a designation. I have owned one 3” H. Holland double and encountered several others, very late 1860s to early 1870s production, quite possibly produced strictly for the coiled brass loadings as you mentioned. I also ran...

Tom, I found one lonely round of antique Kynoch 3.25” Bpe. Here is a photo of some caliper readings for the top portion of the round. Also a photo of what the antique Kynoch black powder box looks like. This is from a 500bpe, the 450bpe box was identical. Cheers, Aron

Hi Tom, I owned a single Alexander Henry .450 years ago and had the exact same issue! This is not the answer you are after, but I will share what I learned. My rifle was a 3 1/4” bpe opposed to the more common 3” version often found in doubles. The gun came with several boxes of very old Kynoch...

All offerings spoken for or sold. Thank you

.318 and 9.5 spf, thank you. I’m not sure what the scammer listed above is about, that certainly isn’t my info or doing.

Howdy, I have been doing a little reorganizing in the gun room. I have some ammo remaining for rifles I no longer own. I thought I would see if anyone was in need before I put it back in storage. Lot 1- Full box 9.5 Mannlicher Kynoch. Also referred to as the .375 rimless nitro on some older MS...

Bore photos.

Yes sir, I forgot to include that info, it is a neutral cast.

Offering for sale my antique pre-1898 WR 12ga. This shotgun has newer sleeved barrels with no legible lettering on the rib. It has working ejectors and is chambered for 2 3/4” shells. It shoots delightfully with 1oz light target loads. It has a wood stock extension that crawls it into a 15.75”...

Offering for sale my Heym 8.15x46r Schutzen rifle. Quite a fancy old rifle with a 30” barrel. Bore and mechanicals are good. A few notable wood imperfections, please see photos. Very accurate rifle. The 8.15x46r can be made from common 30-30 cases. I do have some custom loads I will offer to the...

I’m offering up for sale my Remington Custom Shop 458 win mag. It’s been a great proven rifle. I overdid it a bit buying a double rifle recently and need to thin the herd a bit. The gun has a good bore and mechanicals. Round count is not high. I put around 30 rounds through it over the years...

Thank you gentlemen for the input. I remember OWS had a good stock of obsolete/oddball calibers some years back. Unfortunately their website doesn’t show much variety of ammo anymore. I emailed safari arms, I’m hoping they maybe able to accommodate if I could supply the brass. I will get a...

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good outfit that custom loads large rifle ammo. I was disappointed to read that the folks at Colorado Custom Cartridge are winding down their business and I don’t know who custom loads odd/obsolete large rifle ammo anymore. I have some old rifles I would...

Thank you sir. You were very easy to work with and I appriciate it. I hope you enjoy the rifle and I’m glad it found a good home. Enjoy!