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Bought at a bootsale!!

J

johnbaz

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Hi fellas

I bought these at a local bootsale, The lady wanted a fiver for the two cases and a fiver for the full one, I offered her a tenner with the two smaller ones and shee accepted!!

The cases are marked as being 30mm yet the complete one measures 30mm across the head too!!

I think the smallest are .50 cal but I have absolutely no knowlege of rounds at all! It seems there are just soooo many different types that it could probably fill a book, A very large and exeedingly fat book!!..

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The smallest ones look as though the percussion caps are intact but one of them, The bullet head had dropped inside the case so they are actually empty!! Er, I superglued the head in as the case had stretched somewhat!!



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The complete round has nothing on the base but does have RG77 on the side of the head and RG near to the tip, It would apear that the tip has been removed at some time as what looks like a punch mark that spreads each part is now out of line as if it's been parted and not gone back as it was originally!!

The thinner cased 30mm..

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One of the fatter cases..

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This one has 87 at the far side of the base (Out of focus!) I presume that was when it was made!!


I'm looking for some 32mm steel bar at work to make two heads in my lathe, Would this be considered cheating?..

Any help with identifying them would be great!!


Many thanks, John..
 
Hi John,
You did well to pick those up for £10, the smaller 30mm with projectile is a 30mm Aden practice round made at ROF Radway Green in 1977 and the larger pair of 30mm also made at Radway Green In 1987 although they are Raden cases for an AFV.
The two smaller cases are US WW2 .50cal rounds made at the Twin Cities plant in 1940 as far as I can tell.
I am sure other members can add more info for you, if you want to make a pair of replica projectiles thats entirely up to you but you should be able to find a pair for sale without to much trouble.
Best regards Weasel.
 
The two larger ones are 30x170mm Rarden casings for use on the British Warrior tracked armored vehicle. The complete one is a 30x113mm ADEN round with what looks like a target practice projectile. The two smaller ones do look like .50's. Nice lot for only 10£

EDIT: Weasel beat me too it by a minute or two! :D
 
Thanks lads, very quick replies :top:

I have some more casings, i'll post pics of them shortly (When I find the pics!!)..




Cheers, John :)
 
The two .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) cartridge cases were manufactured in the U.S. at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, located in the south eastern portion of the state of Minnesota, which began production in March of 1942. The single digit 4 signifies the cartridge cases were manufactured in 1944 or 1945.

Brian
 
bdgreen said:
The two .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) cartridge cases were manufactured in the U.S. at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, located in the south eastern portion of the state of Minnesota, which began production in March of 1942. The single digit 4 signifies the cartridge cases were manufactured in 1944 or 1945.

Brian
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Thanks Brian, Weazle and Spaceinvader :top:

There's much knowlege on this forum! :congrats:



John :cool:
 
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