Ouisconsin
08-23-2010, 02:18 AM
I bought a box of reloading dies and going through it found another odd one (see my post about the Vickerman).
It's a bullet sizer from Herter's (H in C) that appears to be a 219 Improved Zipper.
Does anyone shoot this caliber anymore? I bought the box of stuff so I could keep what I shoot and sell the rest.
Wikipedia has an interesting article and states: "The .219 Zipper cartridge was created by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1937 to be used in their lever-action Model 64 rifle. It is a .25-35 Winchester cartridge necked down to a .22 caliber bullet."
(from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.219_Zipper)
They also state that it's used in a Winchester's tubular magazine so it has to have a round nose bullet which causes it to lose velocity quickly.
They stopped making ammo in the early 60's.
So does anyone still shoot this?
Any thoughts on what this would be worth?
Thanks,
Tom [smilie=s:
It's a bullet sizer from Herter's (H in C) that appears to be a 219 Improved Zipper.
Does anyone shoot this caliber anymore? I bought the box of stuff so I could keep what I shoot and sell the rest.
Wikipedia has an interesting article and states: "The .219 Zipper cartridge was created by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1937 to be used in their lever-action Model 64 rifle. It is a .25-35 Winchester cartridge necked down to a .22 caliber bullet."
(from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.219_Zipper)
They also state that it's used in a Winchester's tubular magazine so it has to have a round nose bullet which causes it to lose velocity quickly.
They stopped making ammo in the early 60's.
So does anyone still shoot this?
Any thoughts on what this would be worth?
Thanks,
Tom [smilie=s: