Jarmann M1884 - Ammunition

Ammunition

The aforementioned Norwegian-Swedish commission also designed the 10.15 x 61R cartridge that the various prototypes as well as the service weapon were chambered for. Originally a black powder round with a paper-wrapped lead bullet, it was later loaded with smokeless powder and a full metal jacket bullet. More than 5 million cartridges were manufactured for the M1884, in addition to several thousand specialty cartridges. The following different variations on the 10.15 x 61R cartridge have been identified:

• 10.15 Ball, rounded tip, lead bullet wrapped in paper, black powder (possibly testing-only round)
• 10.15 Ball, flat tip, lead bullet wrapped in paper, black powder
• 10.15 Ball, flat tip, full metal jacket, smokeless powder
• 10.15 Gallery, round lead bullet (for use indoors or at short ranges)
• 10.15 Gallery, same as above but with a ring crimped around the neck of the case
• 10.15 Blank, unpainted wooden 'bullet', smooth case
• 10.15 Blank, same as above but with six long ridges pressed into the case
• 10.15 Blank, same as above but with six long and six short ridges pressed into the case
• 10.15 Dummy, red wooden 'bullet' going all the way to the bottom of the case, six long and six short ridges pressed into the case, and two rings crimped around the neck of the case
• 10.15 Dummy, as above but with just the six long ridges and rings around the neck
• 10.15 Dummy, as above but with brown wooden 'bullet' and two rings crimped around the neck of the case (tests only).
• 10.15 Harpoon round, a blank round crimped shut, used only in the M28 harpoon gun
• 10.15 Harpoon round, as above but closed with a crimped lid