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.50 caliber and above.
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TonyE
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Finally a couple of .55 Boys oddities.
The left hand round is a solid brass turned projectile, intended as a ballistic vehicle for the proposed W Mark 3 composite rigid AP which had a tungsten core mounted in a plastic sabot. It never entered service.
The other is the .55/.303 training round, intended to be used with a special barrel for use on ranges that had insufficient danger space to fire the full sized round. Although mentioned in the Boys manual it did not see service, as the recoil was considered insufficient to simulate the real thing.
TonyE
The left hand round is a solid brass turned projectile, intended as a ballistic vehicle for the proposed W Mark 3 composite rigid AP which had a tungsten core mounted in a plastic sabot. It never entered service.
The other is the .55/.303 training round, intended to be used with a special barrel for use on ranges that had insufficient danger space to fire the full sized round. Although mentioned in the Boys manual it did not see service, as the recoil was considered insufficient to simulate the real thing.
TonyE
