A look back - early 44 WCF / 44-40 cartridges

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The term "metal patched" was used early on to designate bullets that were "jacketed" in today's terms.

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[Coal Creek Griff]

What are the approximate dates for those cartridges?

CC Griff

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CC Griff,

1 - circa 1873
2,3 - circa 1895 (1st year for smokeless)   
4,5 - circa 1880's

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[Grapeshot]

I wonder what metal was used as a jacket on those smokeless rounds.  They do not look like gilding metal to me.

[Pettifogger]

I wonder what metal was used as a jacket on those smokeless rounds.  They do not look like gilding metal to me.

A lot of them used Cupro-nickel.

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Grapeshot,

The bullets have a copper alloy jacket that is tin plated. If one takes some fine steel wool, and twists the bullet back and forth several times, the copper shows through.

Pettifogger,
From what I understand, although some bullets did have a cupro nickel jackets, Winchester never used that material.

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