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17 Pdr Cores

I had at one point a cutaway 17pdr APDS, and I noticed the cores are not perfectly cut, the rough band around the top can be tilted a bit or wobbly, did they just need to be a general shape?
 
Interesting choice of footwear. Is that a US Army issue NBC over boot? From all the times I had to put those on, I would not think that anyone would voluntarily use those. Or, were you engaged in some activity that required such protective measures?
 
It makes sense. There is a risk that on some ranges DU debris could be find (f.e. Eskmeals, for sure).

Would those cores be obtainable? Just a question of inert ammo collector wannabe ;>
 
The NBC overboots are nothing to do with the cores. The boots are on a Mannequin which happens to be in the background of the picture! :wink:
 
Przezdzieblo said:
It makes sense. There is a risk that on some ranges DU debris could be find (f.e. Eskmeals, for sure).

Would those cores be obtainable? Just a question of inert ammo collector wannabe ;>
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The guy that has these particular cores doesn't want to get rid of any, but I'm sure other members will know where you could get one.

Cheers

Pete
 
Spaceinvader said:
I had at one point a cutaway 17pdr APDS, and I noticed the cores are not perfectly cut, the rough band around the top can be tilted a bit or wobbly, did they just need to be a general shape?
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The cores would have been ground to shape from a rough billet. This is why the un-ground part is irregular.
 
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