I was walking around Stoneleigh last weekend hoovering up every available Rarden case I could find to go with a heap of projectiles I'd just got:wink: and ended up with a couple of brass 30mm KCA cases by accident (when I got them I thought they felt a little heavy for Rardens). I then compared them to the Rarden rounds which are the KCB profile - see photos, the Rarden is the one in the middle, the KCA rounds are either side.
I have a few queries about the KCA ones:-
There are no headstamps but the primers are stamped CY (Chorley presumably) with an 89 date on them. Considering (according to Wikipedia) the Saab AJ/JA 37 Viggen (which is as far as I am aware the only aircraft to use the KCA round) was phased out in 1990 these cases seem very late........any thoughts?
The cases have circular marks on the bottom, I'm presuming they are made when the round was rammed home? There is one hole in the side of one case and it has 3 imprints on the base. The other case has a repaired hole and a hole and 3 imprints on the base with another 3 superimposed over them. I'm assuming they are pressure test rounds one of which has been used twice..............any thoughts?
I always like getting odd stuff like this especially as they're cheap. The research part is just as much fun as getting them in the first place.
Dave.
I have a few queries about the KCA ones:-
There are no headstamps but the primers are stamped CY (Chorley presumably) with an 89 date on them. Considering (according to Wikipedia) the Saab AJ/JA 37 Viggen (which is as far as I am aware the only aircraft to use the KCA round) was phased out in 1990 these cases seem very late........any thoughts?
The cases have circular marks on the bottom, I'm presuming they are made when the round was rammed home? There is one hole in the side of one case and it has 3 imprints on the base. The other case has a repaired hole and a hole and 3 imprints on the base with another 3 superimposed over them. I'm assuming they are pressure test rounds one of which has been used twice..............any thoughts?
I always like getting odd stuff like this especially as they're cheap. The research part is just as much fun as getting them in the first place.
Dave.