41 Cal. PETERS 41 LDA & 41 Short

[Major 2]

I was handed (donation from an American Legion Post) a few interesting items for the museum.
Among them was a salted peanut can of bullets... not many but they were way COOL.

Seven antique- 41 cal. LONG CASE. Headstamped * PETERS 41 LDA and four- 41 cal. short (no headstamp)
all eleven were Centerfire & heel-based bullets

The fellow that donated them " said they thought they were CW era, I told him they were Centerfire
and later mid 1970's or so.
I'm not sure when these were last manufactured, being an obsolete round,
I'm guessing maybe the late 20's or 30's ... course the guns they fit had long since been obsolete."
This can have been sitting around, in storage many years, he had no clue how many nor whom might have brought then to the VFW.


* 41 Long Double Action

The shorts are not head stamped

I'm not sure what I'll do, I really can't have loaded rounds on display (liability)
I may unload them, and maybe put them in the Span-Am exhibit 

[Dave T]

Major 2, could the "41 Long Double Action" be intended for the 1877 Thunderer?

Thought the short one might be for someone's Derringer but the one's I've seen for the Rem double barrel don't look like that one...and oh yea, it's a rim fire. Bad first guess on my part and I have no second guess.  (smiley face goes here)

Dave

[Major 2]

41 Long Double Action ...  exactly = 1877 Thunderer

Yep!  the Derringer's were RF ,  these are CF