Shell Casing ID Help Please

[Goldstar1]

It is not often that I find a new shell casing (pre 1900s) I have not found before and even more rare that I can not identify it. I found this yesterday in a southwest mining town and I cant ID it any help is most appreciated. It is a rimfire Cartridge with a duel strike , it measures 1.536" long, .624" base and .46 " neck (the neck is a little off round so this is appx.)

 

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[bologna321]

44 cal henry repeater ?

or maybe 44-40 ?

 

[Goldstar1]

Thanks for the input but its not a 44 Henry , I have found a ton of those , they show up at most sites I detect in the late 1800s time frame. It may be from some type of Henry rifle though as I know they were the main company if not the only one using a double firing pin.

 

[Tedyoh]

.41 Swiss

 

[Duckshot]

Looks like Tedyoh nailed it.

Wikipedia's .41 swiss page gives dimensions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rimfire_cartridges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.41_Swiss

 

[Tedyoh]

I found many of them in the woods behind my house when i first started detecting...had to get it ID'ed here as well.

 

[Goldstar1]

Thanks Tedyoh, I think that is it, the dimensions are pretty close , I actually looked at that but confused the rim diameter and base diameter which I did in my post here too , it is the Rim diameter that is .624 not the base . Do you know if that rifle has the double firing pin?

 

[Tedyoh]

Thanks Tedyoh, I think that is it, the dimensions are pretty close , I actually looked at that but confused the rim diameter and base diameter which I did in my post here too , it is the Rim diameter that is .624 not the base . Do you know if that rifle has the double firing pin?

Yes it does, and the cartridges made in Switzerland have a + symbol on the bottom of the case