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    Identification of 70mm or 66mm shell casing

    I recently purchased a trench-art shell I believed to be an Austro-Hungarian 7cm SFK L/45 shell (66 x 495mm). It's not, since it is bottle-necked, whereas the 7cm is conical. Please see below pictures. My casing was originally brass and is now nickel plated. It measures 66mm inside...
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