Tiny 22cal rimfire, shown alongside a 22LR. Appears to have a copper case and the projectile is lead RN with some sort of black coating. Lacquer? Headstamp looks to be an Acorn.
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Tiny 22cal rimfire, shown alongside a 22LR. Appears to have a copper case and the projectile is lead RN with some sort of black coating. Lacquer? Headstamp looks to be an Acorn.
Cheers
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Flobert or something?
Looks like a .22 BB. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_BB
Also known as the Flobert :thumbsup:
6mm Flobert made by RWS
They used to produce CB (conical) and BB caps for gallery guns.
I have a round tin of the BB version.
No powder, just the energy of the primer.
Mine are acorn marked as well. IIRC the tin is labelled RWS.
Edit: Mostly covered in the wiki link above.
they were called a BB cap some were for early parlour shooting i.e one could let these loose inside a house or barn - lets not all forget target shooting was very popular in early England and AmericaQuote:
Originally Posted by Jhon
Ok great, thanks. What firearms shot them available in NZ?
Pistol or rifle? These were found in an attic
Flobert firearms were once very common and are still able to buy ammo new from FiocchiQuote:
Originally Posted by Jhon
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Yes I did a quick search with Mr Google. GC even have a 9mm one for sale and Gunworks has the ammo. But I'm really only interested in calibres I can reload these days, apart from 22.
Thks for all the responses.
Way back when I was a teenager, my girlfreinds Dad use to have a tin sitting on the window ledge in his batch. We'd use them for popping off the rabbits with a 22 rifle, around the batch.
I was tempted a number of times to get a flobert pistol at auction and try shoot it in the garage (and at stray cats...), but couldn't find ammo at the time.
Ammo is readily available and for the small amount shot is relatively cheap.Quote:
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