#85 • Antique 405 Winchester by Kynoch Cartridge

Part of Antique Ammunition Online Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $5.00

Status: Sold

Antique 405 Winchester centerfire cartridge produced by Kynoch of Birmingham, England under the World War II Lend Lease program, bearing the Kynoch 405 W headstamp on a brass centerfire case topped with a large copper jacketed round nose bullet displaying rich warm age appropriate patina throughout. The 405 Winchester was introduced in 1904 for the Winchester Model 1895 lever action rifle and was famously used by President Theodore Roosevelt on his 1909 African safari, where he referred to it as his medicine gun for lion, making it one of the most storied American hunting cartridges of the early 20th century. During World War II the Lend Lease Act of 1941 facilitated the production and transfer of war materials between Allied nations, and Kynoch produced 405 Winchester ammunition at their Witton, Birmingham factory to support American firearms in British hands overseas. Cartridge measurements are OAL 3.16in CL 2.58in MW .42in