Presented here is a substantial and varied collection of ammunition stored within the 12 drawers of an attractive handmade veneer cabinet. This arrangement represents what must surely be decades worth of meticulous appraisal and acquisition of desirable cartridges, now available here as an instant collection unto itself. The drawers contain a wide variety of cartridges and related items, many of which are labeled by the original collector or otherwise identifiable by their headstamps. A number of rare, unusual or otherwise intriguing cartridges are included, as is a quite comprehensive selection of more common specimens from a variety of periods and makers. Notable examples include but are not limited to the following: extremely tiny brass pinfire casings, each case measuring no more than 1/8” in length; cutaway examples of cartridges such as 433 Remington Egyptian and 8mm Mannlicher; steel Lazy Dog projectiles; miscellaneous flechettes of varying sizes; Waterbury Farrel-marked brass-jacketed rimfire cartridges; tiny cartridges such as 2.7mm Kolibri and 3mm Kolibri; an unusual caseless cartridge which appears to be about 8mm caliber and may be experimental; a small selection of Maynard cartridges and brass in 40-60, 35-30, 38-50, 64 Shot and more; .450 Mountain Gatling; .45 Maxim; 10.15x61R Jarmann; .388 Win Mag FC; .44 S&W Spl. W-W; .280 Ross; 276 Enfield Pattern 13; Kynoch Adaptor cartridges; UMC .236 R; UMC .236 USN; 6mm Lee; .276 Pederson (live and dummy); one Du Pont Ballistite powder dip, 24-26 grains, with a bit of patina but otherwise in excellent condition; an iron nail wrapped around a large-caliber copper-jacketed handgun bullet, seemingly a curio recovered from a stray shot; 1944-dated .380 ACP manufactured in Chile; 1983-dated ICCA .416 Rigby; a Pennsylvania Cartridge Collectors 56-52 Spencer Commemorative 2005 Show Cartridge with commemorative fact card; assorted .60 Cal cartridges (live and dummy); a curious .50 Cal cartridge modified for a .30 Cal primer; a red 20mm Oerlikon blank; a UMC .50-70 cartridge included with an X-ray revealing the arrangement of lead shot within; a collectible partial 50 rd. box of Winchester .22 Short; assorted 8x57mm; several rounds of 7.62mm NATO Duplex Round including one disassembled cartridge complete with casing, both bullets and a small plastic tube containing the original powder; 9.3x72R; .43 Mauser; 8.15x46R; 11.15x65R; 6x29.5R; 12x50mm Stahl; Pz. B. 9.9/13 Anti-tank, headstamped “41 / 62al / aux / WaA109”; 7.92x107mm DS (labeled “8mm Polish Anti Tank Rifle”); assorted .25 Duplex cartridges; assorted .22 Hornet; Winchester .224 E2; Remington-UMC .222 Mag; an unstamped cartridge labeled “22 Experimental / Rem. Mfg.”; 7.92mm CETME; .224 Rem. labeled “Experimental”; .22-06; .22 NATO including one cartridge labeled “Electric Primed”; 8mm Duplex; 5.6x61mm Vom Hofe Super Express; one 1938-dated 8x56R cartridge with an Austrian headstamp including the Nazi party eagle; .280-30 by various manufacturers and one .280 round labeled “Pre-NATO”; a variety of .17 and .223 Remington including blanks and tracers; 8mm Siamese Mauser; 8mm Danish Krag; 8x50mmR Austrian Mannlicher; 8x56mm Hungarian Mannlicher; a variety of .43 Spanish from several manufacturers; .43 Egyptian in blank, shot, riot (lead cubes) and round ball; 7.5x54mm French Model 1929-D, both “light ball” and “heavy ball”; 11x58mmR Werndl; 8x51R French Model 1932-N ball; assorted 8mm Lebel;.43 Russian; 11mm Mauser; .43 Mauser shot cartridges (possibly riot loads); .43 Spanish Reformado; 9.5x60R Turkish Peabody; 11.3x50R Beaumont including both shot and round ball; 7mm Mauser including dummy rounds; 11x59mm Vickers; assorted 6.5mm Swedish Mauser including match, tracer and dummy rounds; 6.5x53.5mm Daudeteau; 6.5x53mm Dutch Mannlicher including some in tin casings (for use in the Tropics) and several dummy rounds; .222 Remington and action-proving dummy rounds of same; .218 Bee; .22 Remington Jet; .221 Remington; .256 Win Mag; .303 Savage; assorted .38-55; assorted .38-56; various .32-20 including shot and round ball; assorted .22 Hornet including action proving dummy rounds; .22 EX Long Maynard; various .25-20; .32 Ideal; .32 C.L.M.R.; .32 WCF; assorted 7.65x54mm Argentine including ball, AP and blank; 7.65mm Turkish Mauser; .25-21 Stevens; several caseless Dardick trounds (triangular rounds); 7.5mm Swiss including dummy, jacketed, proof load, tracer, grenade blank, cadet blank, match load and AP; 7.5mm Schmidt Rubin; .41 Swiss; .297/250 Rook; .255 Jeffery Rook; .577 Snider in both paper and metal casings including shot and round ball; assorted .270 WCF including action proving dummy rounds; .300 H&H Magnum; .577/450 Martini; .401 Winchester SL; .351 SL; .256 Newton; .280 Rem; 8.15x46R; 9x57mm Mauser; assorted .44 including .44 Evans Long, .44 Wesson and .44 L; .38 XL; .310 cartridges; a wide variety of small caliber rimfire including .22 short, .32 Ex Long, .38 RF, .44 SH; .44 Henry; .46 Remington Carbine; .56-50 Spencer shot, blank and round ball; .400 Whelen; .35 Whelen; assorted W.C.F. cartridges including .45-85, .40-60, .40-70 and .40-65; 7.62x45mm Czech; .25-36 Marlin; .250-3000 Savage; .32-40 Win and .32-40 HV; .358 Win; Remington .33 CF; .32 Spl including a steel proof cartridge; .22 Savage; assorted .30-30 including an action proving dummy round; 7.65mm French; 7mm French; 7mm Nambu; 8x22mm Nambu; 11mm French Ordnance; .32 S&W Long; Rem-UMC 5-in-1; 11.3mm Montegro; .30 Rook; 7.63x32 Long Mannlicher pistol carbine; 9mm Steyr, 8mm Roth Steyr; 8mm French Ordnance; 11.35 Schouboe; .450 Colt; 7.63x25mm Mauser; .500 Eley; a variety of .25-2 including shot and round ball; 7.8x23mm Czech “Cattle Killer”; a wide variety of differently sized pinfire cartridges; .58 Roberts including some blanks; .50 Remington; .58 Berdan musket; .50-70 Govt.; a large assortment of 9mm from a variety of manufacturers and origins, including proof and dummy rounds; .30 Luger; an 11mm French Chassepot self-contained linen cartridge; one 13x87R Mitrailleuse multi-ball line cartridge; two .52 Sharps linen cartridges; several .50 linen cartridges including Gallager and Smith; assorted .50 cal. cartridges, brass, projectiles, dummies and cutouts; 14.5x114mm Russian; one 1” Nordenfelt cartridge; one brass stripper clip for .50 cal. cartridges; an assortment of 20mm cartridges including proof and dummy rounds such as Swiss Solothurn S-18/1000, German Rheinmetall RH-120, Japanese Type 99 Mk. 1 Cannon/Machine Gun and U.S. M18A1 practice rounds; .600 Nitro; .577 Nitro; .577-500 Blackpowder Express; 11.2x72 Express; .40-50 Sharps; .40-70 Sharps; .44-77 Sharps; Kynoch.500/450; Kynoch .470; .416 Rigby; 9.3x72mmR; 6.5x58mmR Czech; 50-95 Win shot; assorted fuze parts which appear to be recovered from deactivated small explosives such as grenades; assorted conical ball muzzleloader bullets. As mentioned, an assortment of other cartridges are included which are not recounted here. The collection is in varying condition; some specimens are excellent and others exhibit tarnish of the brass and strong white oxidation of the exposed lead, particularly the older items. No items appear in less than very good condition and the specimens rate very fine on average; very few have more than the slightest of handling marks or blemishes beyond the patination expected of age. The cabinet itself measures 25" by 19 1/2" by 35" and is in near excellent condition with negligible storage and handling wear. Brimming with many desirable cartridges which are exciting finds in their own right and sure to provide countless hours of fascination and satisfaction to the discerning munitions enthusiast, this collection represents a rare opportunity not likely to be seen again. (12H7668-3) (2000/4000)