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12mm Pinfire Cartridge

Size: 12mm
Headstamp: blank
Manufacturer: UMC - Union Metallic Cartridge Company - Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Additional Info: This is an early variation with no headstamp. Later on the used an impressed U for the headstamp.
Additional Info: In 1873, a few years after the American Civil War, UMC began making pinfire cartridges for nearly 50 years. They made them in 7mm, 9mm and 12mm.
picture of Union Metallic Cartridge Company pinfire cartridge
Picture of Union Metallic Cartridge Company headstamp