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Picture Page October 2009 An assortment of 11.2 mm Schuler cartridges....
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The less common little brother to the 11.2 x 72 Schuler was the 11.2 x 60 Schuler, several of which are shown here. . . . . . . . . . . .
Odd 45 rifle cases headstamped '3'........
. A group of recently purchased Sharps cartridges included this empty .45-2.4" cartridge case with the large '3' headstamp shown in the photo. It is an early folded flat head Boxer-primed
case which was unheadstamped prior to the number having been applied.
Cartridges and cases with a matching '3' have been
reported over the years. Robert Buttweiler has had cartridges with this
headstamp in three of his auctions, including two .45-2 7/8" Remington (or
Sharps) and a .45-70 Government with Winchester's military headstamp. He
listed the first .45-2 7/8" in the April 1992 auction (Vol VIII No 3 Lot
459), shown below. The catalog description
indicated that the '3' presumably
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Fancy serif 'H' headstamped .44 Henry...............
Here's a seldom seen variation of the raised 'H' headstamp. Its possible this cartridge was made by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, as the bullet and case have a Winchester look. The standard Winchester headstamp has straight serifs on the tops and bottoms of the legs of the 'H'; this one has fancy curved serifs, but only on the tops of the legs. I have not been able to find anything that provides information about who actually produced this cartridge or when it was made. If produced by Winchester, it is possible it may have been used for a short period to honor the passing of someone associated with the company, perhaps at the time of Oliver Winchester's death in December of 1880, or perhaps for a special event such as an international exposition or a world's fair. . . . . . . . .
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The 11.2 x 72mm was the most popular of a number of big game cartridges
developed by August Schuler in Suhl, Germany. They were intended for use in super express rifles
of his design and manufacture that were based on Mauser actions. It has a
rim diameter that is smaller than the body of the case, referred to as a
rebated rim. Its purpose was to allow the head of the cartridge to fit the
face of the Mauser bolt. These cartridges were made by Georg Roth, RWS,
Gustav Genschow (GECO), and G. C. Dornheim (GECADO), and are typically
headstamped GECADO with a star, SCHULER 11.2 x 72, or SCHULER with a star, as shown on the
cartridges pictured to the right. The 11.2 x 72 Schuler was introduced in
about 1907. It was first catalogued in the 1910 G. Roth catalog., and
was produced by DWM until shortly after the start of World War 2. 
I
recently bought a large assortment of metric cartridges in an auction which
included a tropical tin of 11.2 x 72mm Schuler cartridges. The top is marked
in black ink '90 11.2 m/m Mauser'. As the soldered seam of the tin had
split on one end, I saw no harm in opening it. Inside was a cardboard box
with a 'Bunte Chicago' logo printed all over the outside and labeled on the
end 'Bunte ESTABLISHED 1876 CHICAGO 1 - No. 3 SANTA CLAUS 8oz.
Each Net Weight BUNTE BROTHERS CHICAGO, U.S.A'.
Inside this box I was relieved to find 90 of the Schuler cartridges, each
with the
SCHULER
* headstamp, rather than the chocolate Santa that the labeling on the box
suggested. A similar Bunte box had been included in the auction lot;
it held a number of matching cartridges, which would suggest that there had
been at least two of these tropical tins at one time, obviously put together
by an individual shooter with an abundance of cartridges for his Mauser
rifle rather than being a factory tin. Pasted to the top of
the box is a typewritten label indicating the cartridges were for an 11.2
m/m Krieghoff - Mauser rifle, and giving the load information for the
cartridges. 
refers to the Remington No. 3 rifle, also
called the Remington-Hepburn No 3 rifle. This rifle was produced in a
number of different variations. One of these, the Remington-Hepburn No. 3
Sporting and Target model, was chambered for a wide range of cartridges from
.22 Winchester to 50-90 Sharps, and most likely included the .45-70 and .45-2 7/8". Later
Buttweiler catalog descriptions don't mention the Remington rifle
connection, and offer no further information about what the 3 might refer to. 
