Mr. Merkel Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 Good afternoon all I am looking for information to identify a brass cartridge case I have, I belive it to be an 8 bore but was wondering if it was an industrial round rather than a sporting. Sorry about the quality of the head stamp picture I could not get it focus correctly. It reads U.M.C. Co. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. Above and NO. 8 A below I have checked my old Janes books and does not appear to be military although it appears to be berdan primed useful info would be appriciated. Thanks in advance Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) UMC is what then became part of Remington as at one time it was "Remington-Union Metallic Cartridge Co". As for 8A it might be 8 Bore or, like the old DWM cartridges it might be a catalogue number. I'm guessing that it is 8 Bore perhaps on the chamberless principle like the Heath system in the UK? And then in, I think, the even before the 1920s anything over 10 Bore in the USA became illegal for use on migratory waterfowl. Edited August 13, 2020 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted August 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Hi Enfieldspares thanks for your reply. All the best MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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