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Going left to right with some guesses, the first one (the headstamp seems unreadable) no clue the bullet is 0.440" or like 11mm, the second was marked with a tag that says 404 Nitro, no headstamp. The third has the headstamp RWS 10.3 x 60 I believe. The fourth no clue but the bullet is 0.430". The fifth again no clue and the bullet is 0.390". The last two I don't have a clue but the headstamps are somewhat legible, bullets are both 0.430" but one seems to be more bottlenecked than the other. A loose tag marked 11.3 x 58 R was with some of these but not attached and could belong to one of the cartridges.

From CB caps to extra long.

It was 96 deg. with sort of high humidity, less than 20 ft. above sea level, don't know the barometric pressure. Shot from my 6" Dan Wesson revolver. The first picture is CCI standard velocity target 40 grain plain lead bullet, box indicated 1070 fps. The second picture is Federal Champion 40 grain plain lead bullet, box indicated 1240 fps. The third picture is Federal Game-Shok 38 grain copper plated hollow pointed bullet box indicated 1260 fps. These were all sold in 50 round paper boxes with plastic trays.

They look similar.

It is a little dirty, but I bet it would run.

It is pretty small and it has 4 presses on it. Well, one is a bullet sizer. It needs all that lead to make it stable since it is not anchored. It is not really portable but it is easy to move it around the shop. Has anyone put a handle on their Spar-T press, I did because it was quite stiff to rotate.

The lefthand cartridge has a plating on the case, and the blank does not seem to have a headstamp. The RP cartridge with the flat point might be someone's reload.

It uses an outside lubricated healed bullet.

Do you save or collect used packaging to repackage your bulk ammo or reloads?

Just the box. I lent out some of the items that were in it and they were not returned.

J. G. headstamp indicates it was produced by Joseph Goldmark that supplied military-contract ammo, only produced for a short window (1864–1866). Two cartridges of JG with different headstamps (one has the underline) and two blanks with H (Winchester) headstamp one is not quite right on the bottom.

The two Western cartridges only differ by primer contour; they have plated bullets.

I wonder about the one with no headstamp.

Including a shot cartridge, a blank and a 38 Colt NP.

Just some odds and ends. A couple WCC +P+ rounds, the headstamp is hard to read, appears to be double struck. I think this is one of the original FBI loads. Some IVI cartridges that I think must be reloads. A couple REM-UMC with marked primer, a dud cartridge from USC Co. and what I think must be a reload of a DUCo case that has been trimmed short and loaded with a healed bullet. Oh, I threw in a FC +P+ 38 Special case. Case only from a fired round.

38 Colt Specials and Super 38 Specials with large primers. Note flat point bullets

The two Western cartridges only differ by primer appearance. The WC Co. cartridge predates the others but is still a Western cartridge. The W-W cartridge is a dummy to show what a hypothetical original 38 Long Colt cartridge would look like with its healed bullet. That bullet came from a 38 RF cartridge. The brass is found brass, I don't have any Winchester Western live 38 Long Colt cartridges.

The two on the left are the Western rounds and seem to only differ by headstamp and primer contour. I am thinking the smaller characters, and the rounded primer might be older than the other. The round in the middle and the one to its right are the Peters, again a primer difference and the case is shorter on the one on the right. That is puzzling why would the 38 short have two different case lengths. The last one the R-P case is also shorter than the Western and the longer Peters case, same length as the shorter Peters case. They are all shorter than 38 Long Colt.

If you can't see a headstamp it probably doesn't have one.

These were used in the early Cap and Ball Cartridge Conversion Revolvers, the 44 Colt, also went by 44 Remington and the 46 Rimfire short, there was also a long. The 44 had a 0.450" bullet and the 46 had a 0.460" bullet, to match the grooves on 44 cal. cap and ball revolvers.