Ventage Henry's .22 lr Case Extractor Marks, Unfired? Other Bullets and Case?'s

[tony270]

What happened to this ventage Henry's .22 lr bullet case?

I found it metal detecting.
Now I have a small collection of bullets and shell cases that I have questions about, what are the ages and makes. Think there's a 32 cal Henry's rimfire?

And a .38 or .40 cal Henry's double strike rimfire?

Also looks like 44-70 case without a headstamp?

Any other info on the other bullets or cases, specifically the older ones (the clean. 45 bullets weren't found metal detecting). Here's some pictures.

What caused these marks?






Double Strike .38 or .40 caliber Henry's, age?


Single Stirke .32 caliber Henry's, age?

[tony270]

Group images...

44-70?

[subscriber]

Those marks are rimfire firing pin marks. Probably did not go off and shooter turned the case and tried again.

This, after trying the same spot so many times that the firing pin "ran over" the case rim.

The scratch ahead of the case rim is most likely due to a dent on the chamber mouth caused by the firing pin. From dry firing, or from trying a dud round too many times.

[justMike]

The 'H' head stamp on rimfire .22 was used by Winchester on their ammo a while back. Yes, the H reference is related to the Henry of the Henry Rifles, but I believe it was just a marketing thing.

[divingin]

These showed up at the range I shoot at a while back. 32 Rimfire, as I recall. Ammo only; firearm wasn't being shot.

The marks on that 22 round are not like any firing pin marks I've ever seen. Looks like it was gripped in a 4 prong jaw of some kind, though I can't imagine why.

[tony270]

I thought of that but didn't resemble any firing pin strikes to me. Thanks for your opinion.

Hi jistMike, I saw that, Winchester took over Henry's ammunition operation and kept using the H headstamp. I also saw that the early Henry's headstamp had a circle around the H, Winchester never produced that headstamp. I can make out a circle on the larger shell case, might need to clean the other one to reveal it or not. These 2 cases came from an old railroad site, nothing modern at the location, abandoned.

drvingin I came to the same conclusion, but seems like the round would have went off, stuck in the chamber, I would have used a push rod, but I think subscrib is on to something.

Nobody noticed the. 45 caliber toy pistol bullet?

Also have old fired bullets, no Civil War, I found 2 brass reloadable .10 shotgun shells.

I've left things I didn't know were legal to possess, so I left them where I found them, a 50 caliber blank, 30 mm case, 50 caliber case, a SAW belt carrier filled with linked AR blanks.