Greetings folks
I found this recently and its got me puzzled, from a distance it appears to be a standard 303 drill round (pictured alongside one for comparison) but the tip of the bullet is spring loaded.
It bears the K headstamp and nothing else and the primer pocket is devoid of the anvil and flash holes, dimensionally it is almost identical apart from the rim being somewhat thinner,there are traces of red paint in the 3 flutes visible at 20x magnification but apart from that i know nothing whatsoever about it and its uses regarding the spring loaded point.
I've mulledd over various uses...tubular magazines/toys!/reduced wear from throat of chamber etc...still nothing conclusive though.
Does anyone have any ideas???
Regards
I found this recently and its got me puzzled, from a distance it appears to be a standard 303 drill round (pictured alongside one for comparison) but the tip of the bullet is spring loaded.
It bears the K headstamp and nothing else and the primer pocket is devoid of the anvil and flash holes, dimensionally it is almost identical apart from the rim being somewhat thinner,there are traces of red paint in the 3 flutes visible at 20x magnification but apart from that i know nothing whatsoever about it and its uses regarding the spring loaded point.
I've mulledd over various uses...tubular magazines/toys!/reduced wear from throat of chamber etc...still nothing conclusive though.
Does anyone have any ideas???
Regards