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kuduae
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Vintage 9.5 M-Sch aka .375 Rimless ammo, how old?
      #160907 - 23/05/10 09:31 PM

Here is some old 9.5x57 M1910 Mannlicher-Schoenauer aka .375 Rimless Nitro Express ammo from my collection, top to bottom:
Kynoch box, code 12 I S
cartridges,l-r: Kynoch solid, Kynoch soft nose, base stamp "KYNOCH 9.5mm MS", pre-1940 DWM K soft nose, case # 531
Eley package, code stamp ME M X. Don't know what the cartridges look like because the box is still unopened.

Any idea how old the Eley box may be?

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Re: Vintage 9.5 M-Sch aka .375 Rimless ammo, how old? [Re: kuduae]
      #160908 - 23/05/10 10:14 PM

I think eley centre fire rifle cartridges are made before 1925

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Re: Vintage 9.5 M-Sch aka .375 Rimless ammo, how old? [Re: lancaster]
      #161150 - 29/05/10 03:03 AM

The Eley is quite old, however the Red and Yellow box Kynoch could be from the 1950s

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Re: Vintage 9.5 M-Sch aka .375 Rimless ammo, how old? [Re: Larry]
      #161155 - 29/05/10 06:10 AM

Kuduae

Although it might devalue the full box from a collector point of view, I would be opening to check the condition of the ammo. I had a few unopened boxes of Kynoch 404J (yellow & red boxes) and when I opened them the cartridges all showed early stages of corrosion. They cleaned up fine and had no pitting so I got them in time and they shoot fine. These ones were the later loading with nitro powder so gives you an idea of how old (or young)they were.


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Re: Vintage 9.5 M-Sch aka .375 Rimless ammo, how old? [Re: eagle27]
      #161248 - 01/06/10 05:46 AM

eagle27: As I roll my own 9.5x57 ammo with some success, I will keep the unopened Eley box as a collectors item.

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