Falcon
Well-Known Member
This case is my latest car boot buy, I got it this morning for 12, which the chap said was its "price in scrap brass". It is headstamped "Karth"? at 12 O'Clock in calligraphy style writing at 12 0'Clock, what does this mean?
The rest of the headstamp is: "88 PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE JAN 1915" and "[Crown over Ke over 11].
The primer is marked "Schlgzdschr14 (no vowels in that word!?) and "ELSb" in calligraphy style writing. It is a 16mm 3 slot screw-in type.
This case is actually 2mm shorter than it should be, but as it was a separately loaded gun I suppose that's where it split after it was fired and was cut down and re used as 2mm less length on a separately loaded case apparently makes no difference.
It has another small split in the neck, which is quite badly mis shapen, but I am going to try and re shape it and possibly have someone silver solder the small split shut on the inside of the case neck.
Any info would be helpful
The rest of the headstamp is: "88 PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE JAN 1915" and "[Crown over Ke over 11].
The primer is marked "Schlgzdschr14 (no vowels in that word!?) and "ELSb" in calligraphy style writing. It is a 16mm 3 slot screw-in type.
This case is actually 2mm shorter than it should be, but as it was a separately loaded gun I suppose that's where it split after it was fired and was cut down and re used as 2mm less length on a separately loaded case apparently makes no difference.
It has another small split in the neck, which is quite badly mis shapen, but I am going to try and re shape it and possibly have someone silver solder the small split shut on the inside of the case neck.
Any info would be helpful