Identity of old sheep rifle brass

[Vanstepm]

Found this old brass from 1907 while sheep hunting and I was wondering if anyone knows what this caliber is? Found in the cliffs not far from where I ended up shooting my ram. Pretty cool to find evidence of old sheep hunters.

 

[prairieboy]

lets see it beside a 30-06

 

[Huntr]

OAL? Caliber?

 

[S-3 ranch]

30-03 / 7.62×65mm if not a 30-06

 

[West2East]

My vote is 30-06 without seeing the dimensions.

 

[Bambistew]

hard to tell scale, but I'd guess a 7mauser or a 6.5 swede?

 

[wyogoat]

Are your hands massive? Looks small for an 06 in that scale but that was my initial guess too…

 

[Vanstepm]

My bad for not including OAL. It is about 2 1/8” long and next to a 6.5PRC brass for comparison. Quite small and definitely not a 30-06.

The Headstamp is EH sigma 1907. I’m guessing it is some sort of military round of sorts?

 

[Rufus]

Really looks like a 7 Mauser.

 

[Vanstepm]

Really looks like a 7 Mauser.

Think you are right. I looked up case dimensions and it matches on every measurement for the 7 Mauser

Thanks everyone for the help. Going to incorporate it into the habitat for my rams mount. Seems appropriate to include a piece of sheep hunting history found near my ram.

 

[wyogoat]

That’s pretty awesome.

 

[Rufus]

Think you are right. I looked up case dimensions and it matches on every measurement for the 7 Mauser

Thanks everyone for the help. Going to incorporate it into the habitat for my rams mount. Seems appropriate to include a piece of sheep hunting history found near my ram.

That will be a great mount. Please share some photos of it when you get it finished. Would love to see it. -Thanks. Rufus

 

[TheWhitetailNut]

A European guy shot that sheep.

 

[TaperPin]

That’s a 275 Rigby to the Brit’s.

Funny how modern it looks. Lol

 

[Vanstepm]

That will be a great mount. Please share some photos of it when you get it finished. Would love to see it. -Thanks. Rufus

Absolutely will share some photos

 

[SDHNTR]

7x57 Mauser or 6.5x55 Swede. Is the case mouth diameter same or bigger than that prc case?

 

[ColeyG]

I've happened across a couple of pieces of old brass on sheep trails in the last handful of years. In each case I've thought it was pretty cool following in the footsteps of another hunter who found success in the same area. The one we picked up this year was a 300 Dakota, which I hadn't heard of before. I wonder what stories these pieces of brass would tell if they could talk...

 

[Hnthrdr]

Looks like a 68 year old .270 Winchester that was wearing a Leupold scope… probably found it at 12.8k feet

 

[Vanstepm]

I've happened across a couple of pieces of old brass on sheep trails in the last handful of years. In each case I've thought it was pretty cool following in the footsteps of another hunter who found success in the same area. The one we picked up this year was a 300 Dakota, which I hadn't heard of before. I wonder what stories these pieces of brass would tell if they could talk...

Exactly my thoughts on it as well

 

[Blockcaver]

I found one on a Stone sheep mountain...figured it was a .303 British by the looks of it.....nope it was a .30 US otherwise known as a 30-40 Krag. Wished I knew the story of when it was fired and at what!