8x58RD Blank

 

IDnumber 84 Caliber 8x58RD Model - Projectile form - Projectile weight - Projectile material Wood Projectile type Blank Colour markings Red projectile V0 mps - V0 fps - Propellant - Propellant weight Gram - Propellant weight Grain - This is the standard blank ammunition with a wooden bullet. It can be found with diffrent shades on the projectile, from red to purple.

 

IDnumber 167 Caliber 8x58RD Model Projectile form Projectile weight Projectile material Projectile type Blank Colour markings V0 mps V0 fps - Propellant Propellant weight Gram Propellant weight Grain - This is a unusual 8x58RD blank that I only seen two of. The varnish sealing is also found in 7,5mm Nagant cartridges, but these 8x58RD blanks has a sawed off and shorten case. I have no documentation of these early rounds from 1896 so the use is open for speculations.

 

IDnumber 228 Caliber 8x58RD Model Projectile form Projectile weight Projectile material Wood Projectile type Blank Colour markings V0 mps V0 fps - Propellant Propellant weight Gram Propellant weight Grain - With a case produced in 1892, we get close to the really early years of production for this caliber. This one is made by Keller & co and were loaded as a blank, probably on a reused case. The oddity is in the projectile, as it is not coloured purple as it should for the time. The projectiles of other cartridges I have looked at has been dipp colored, so having dye all around and also of cause inside the internal hole of the back side. Here I cannot find any trace of paint. The cartridge were emptied of the powder, so I cannot say if it were loaded with smokeless or black powder. Courtecy collector AMF 30