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Description: | Copper alloyFinger Ring. Cartridge Extractor: a tool for removing a cartridge jammed in the breech of a shotgun. This procedure was more usually necessary before the introduction of automatic ejection systems. The tool would only be worn until required, when the three bevelled prongs would afford a grip on the metal base of a cartridge and a twist of the wrist would dislodge it. The numeral 12 is stamped in the flat face where the base of the cartridge would rest, indicating this version would serve a 12 bore shotgun. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1930.Internal diameter: 19mm, Band width: 3.9mm, Thickness: 3.3mm, Width (working head): 27.2mm, Weight: 14.73gms.The object is shown with a cartridge base to illustrate its operation.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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