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.50 Cal. Browning Drill Round

zwerge

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Here is a training round that I have.
 

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Fa4

Hi zwerge your drill round marked FA 4, Frankfurt Arsenal 1944-nice round.
4 for the year when repeated ie 44 is only stamped on the base once, 1943 would be FA43 and 1945 would appear as FA45.

Chris :tinysmile_shy_t:
I stand corrected=Frankford NOT Frankfurt !
 
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hi ya
After seeing the rounds in the picture above i remembered i had a box of them somewhere aswell so i looked them out and what a stroke of luck i had the same head stamp so the info you supplied chris42rq was very useful cheers i have enclosed some pics below of the rounds and original box i have never posted any pics yet so i hope they come out ok

from chris
 

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