.303 Tacer Cutaways

[wolfganggross]

.303 tracer cutaways plus extras from left to right:

BPD/ 952 white tip, Is this supposed to be empty?
SR/ 43/ BV11 incendiary, blue tip
SR/ 43/ BV11z incendiary, blue tip (yes this is how the powder came out)
1941/ D1/ z tracer red tip
BE/ 43/ G11 Flame tracer 1000yards, white tip
1942/ DC/ GIVz Air service tracer day tracer, red tracer, 550 yards, white tip
K/ 1941 / GV Night tracer dark ignition 550 yards, gray tip
K5/ 45/ G6 Day trace air service 550 yards, small white tip (that's hard black plastic on top of tracer mixture in the cup)
wolfgang

 

[Falcon]

Nice cutaways.

The BPD 952 round is supposed to be empty. These were made as dummy rounds and can also be found with three flutes in the case.

 

[smle2009]

Very nice Wolfgang,
a little more info about the Italian 'dummy',these were also supplied to the UK in 1983 for use with the Army Cadet Force who were still using number 4 Enfields at this time,a UK contractor altered these by adding the three flutes to conform with standard requirements with UK drill rounds

Tony

 

[EOD]

Initially these BPD dummies were made for Egypt.

 

[Falcon]

The BPD dummies altered for the UK also had a hole drilled through the primer and pocket.

It seems that a dummy with a bullet jacket only and no wood distance piece would get damaged during use very quickly.