Brownells Ammo Tease.

CapnMac · May 15, 2022

Ok, so Brownell's teased this image today asking to "guess the caliber."

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So, first thing is that's clearly a Weatherby belted magnum case either blown out or trimmed.
And the projectile looks like one of the elegant high-BC 7mms.
The 460wbymg is also the 375, if memory serves. But 7-460 sounds cooler [

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Anyone else keen to guess?

Mars5l · May 15, 2022

To me looks like a 40mm case necked down to .50 bmg

Mark_Mark · May 15, 2022

CapnMac said:
Ok, so Brownell's teased this image today asking to "guess the caliber."
View attachment 1078787
So, first thing is that's clearly a Weatherby belted magnum case either blown out or trimmed.
And the projectile looks like one of the elegant high-BC 7mms.
The 460wbymg is also the 375, if memory serves. But 7-460 sounds cooler []

Anyone else keen to guess?

is this a real ammo with a gun? CRAZY

wiscoaster · May 15, 2022

A .22 LR that I accidently fired in a .22 WMR cylinder?

(J/K)

Riomouse911 · May 15, 2022

20mm cannon x .50?

Maybe.

Definitely not a Weatherby, the shell on the right has printing on the belt.

Stay safe.

troy fairweather · May 16, 2022

Looks like a 20mm-105b with a 750 hornady Amax.

Grumpy_old_Fart · May 16, 2022

23×152mmB Russian case necked down?

http://www.russianammo.org/Russian_Ammunition_Page_25mm.html

Mark_Mark · May 16, 2022

CapnMac said:
Ok, so Brownell's teased this image today asking to "guess the caliber."
View attachment 1078787
So, first thing is that's clearly a Weatherby belted magnum case either blown out or trimmed.
And the projectile looks like one of the elegant high-BC 7mms.
The 460wbymg is also the 375, if memory serves. But 7-460 sounds cooler []

Anyone else keen to guess?

here a thing… How are you going to Neck that 2x4 into a 1/2” dowel? that’s not physical possable

Elkins45 · May 16, 2022

That’s not a Weatherby or any other conventional belted magnum case. The belt is too thin and the extractor groove is too wide.

Dunross · May 16, 2022

That's a Weatherby .225 Belted Preposterous.

Extreme high velocity. Vaporizes the target on impact, but you only get twelve shots before the chamber throat has to be replaced.

CapnMac · May 16, 2022

Yeah, that case is spinning me for a loop. The 20, 25, & 30 mm "cannon" case are not belted, the case head is strong enough as is.
And they have deliberately not given us anything that offers scale to compare to.

(Oh, yeah, this is entirely a goof, and Brownell's meant it that way--but, my curiosity on that case dug in hard enough to pose the question.)

Did Jeffries or Gibbs "do" belted cases?

Mark_Mark · May 16, 2022

Dunross said:
That's a Weatherby .225 Belted Preposterous.

Extreme high velocity. Vaporizes the target on impact, but you only get twelve shots before the chamber throat has to be replaced.

so it’s like a Rail Gun without the magnetic stuff

Grumpy_old_Fart · May 17, 2022

Just a 23mm Russian shell from a ZSU 23-4.. although I wonder what process was used to neck it..

CapnMac · May 17, 2022

That rim seems a lot more rebated, and the belt a tad skinny--but, neither photo has a lot of scale information where it counts.
.50mbp down to that 23mm case would probably have the "look"
The 23x115 has a 26mm base.
The 23x152 has a 38mm base diameter.

The latter could be pretty likely given the proportions of a 12.7 bullet versus a 38mm base.

DeepSouth · May 17, 2022

My guess for caliber is, .50.

What the cartridge is, I want even guess.

reloaded_in_pa · May 17, 2022

I couldn't even guess.....but I want one.

Pelo801 · May 18, 2022

It's the Lazzeroni 500 Asteroid, aka Planet Killer

Remington1911 · May 18, 2022

At the club we would play a game, guess the gun and we would pick guns from movies. One that would stick people is the gun Joe Kidd has.

Hard to tell from this pic

But the video, While not common, much more easy.

Pew-Pew · May 18, 2022

Looks like something I need to fire

DukeConnor · May 18, 2022

.277 ?

troy fairweather · May 18, 2022

Remington1911 said:
At the club we would play a game, guess the gun and we would pick guns from movies. One that would stick people is the gun Joe Kidd has.

Hard to tell from this pic
View attachment 1079325

But the video, While not common, much more easy.

Just one of the many German sporters of the time.

DeepSouth · Jun 1, 2022

So did we find out for sure what it is?

DustyGmt · Jun 1, 2022

Now that thing looks like it would blow a lung out.

9mm?

CapnMac · Jun 1, 2022

DeepSouth said:
So did we find out for sure what it is?

Not that I saw. Brownells let the thing fade away middling quickly.

DeepSouth · Jun 1, 2022

CapnMac said:
Not that I saw. Brownells let the thing fade away middling quickly.

Well that’s not nice of them.
If you do happen to see more info, I’d be interested to know.
Thanks for the update.

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