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Author Topic: Ammunition query?  (Read 11218 times)

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Offline ballistictom

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Ammunition query?
« on: July 31, 2009, 05:18:46 PM »
Tom Power Dublin Ireland,
Can anyone give me details on CBC ammunition. its headstamp reads "cbc 38 spl c". i assume the c stand for compact but i would like to be certain please.  The round of ammunition is close to 38 s&w in size.
Thanks all,
Tom Power

Offline Axel Manthei

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Re: Ammunition query?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2009, 12:39:44 AM »
Tom,

without a picture it is always difficult.

The C on the primer is typical for factory loaded CBC cartridges.
The exact rason is currently not nown to me.
If the CBC is at the top it indicates a berdan primed case,
at the bottom it indicates a boxer primed case.

If you talk to Patrick Ennis at the Garda An Siochaná -  Ballistic Section in Phoenix Park he can certainly help you with the caliber identification. He has CartWinPro  :D

Greetings

Axel

 

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