[fred cook]

Is a 6mm Lee Navy aka 236 USN. It was a very early attempt (circa 1895) to go with a small bore, high velocity round. It was used in the Winchester Lee Navy Straight Pull rifle and was chambered in the Colt potato digger machine gun. This was the rifle that the Marines at the American Legation in Peking would have had during the Boxer rebellion. This particular cartridge is a dummy functioning round. It has an inert primer, no powder and two small holes drilled in the case body.