Peters .38-40 Head Stamp How Old Could It Be?

[cambria09]

Hello All. Began hunting an old orange grove adjacent to an 1890's farmhouse site. Didn't find a lot but this old Peters .38-40 cartridge turned up about 8-IN deep. Is it old? The area is to hunt is a couple of acres and I am not sure if it worth it but if this find is a vintatage piece I will be likely to hunt it some more. Whadd'ya think? Thanks and HH.

C9

 

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Google peters shot gun shell. All the info. and more is right there.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The Peters Cartridge Company was established in 1887, and went out of business in 1944. (It was then purchased by Remington, which has used the name Remington-Peters for some of its ammunition products.) So, the absolute earliest your Peters .38-40 casing can be is 1887. Production of that type ceased in 1937 ...but was resumed in the latter part of the 20th-century. Therefore, the odds tend to favor your Peters casing being made sometime between 1887 and 1937.

Some of the info given above is from here: .38-40 Winchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[cambria09]

The Peters Cartridge Company was established in 1887, and went out of business in 1944. (It was then purchased by Remington, which has used the name Remington-Peters for some of its ammunition products.) So, the absolute earliest your Peters .38-40 casing can be is 1887. Production of that type ceased in 1937 ...but was resumed in the latter part of the 20th-century. Therefore, the odds tend to favor your Peters casing being made sometime between 1887 and 1937.

Some of the info given above is from here: .38-40 Winchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hello CannonballGuy. Thanks for the great reply. I had previously found the 1887 date but could not match up anything related to Peters' timeline on this stamp. The 1887 to 1937 is a long time span but it fits nicely with some of the other relics that we have found at the adjacent home site so...I guess I have an old orange grove to hunt now. Cool.

Good luck out there.

C9