#86 • 4 Bore Milled Dummy Cartridge with Brass Bullet by Clayton Nelson

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

High bid $14.00

Status: Sold

4 Bore dummy cartridge featuring a milled brass cartridge case fitted with a turned and milled solid brass bullet, crafted by Clayton Nelson of Rifle, Colorado, displaying beautiful machined brass construction throughout with visible lathe tool marks on the bullet and a threaded primer pocket in the rimmed base. The 4 Bore was among the largest sporting cartridges ever produced, firing projectiles weighing approximately four ounces and used exclusively in double rifles built for stopping charging elephant and Cape buffalo at close range in Africa and India during the height of the Victorian era big game hunting period. This example is a purpose built collector dummy round, inert and unfired, hand crafted to represent the true scale and character of this legendary elephant gun cartridge in solid milled brass. Cartridge measurements are OAL 4.50in CL 3.66in MW 1.06in