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Display frame for a few Blanks

Weasel

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I have always had a few small arms rounds knocking about, although not really my thing i have hung on to them in the vain hope that i would find a method of displaying them that meant they did not keep getting knocked over or sat collecting dust. I spotted this frame in a very well known supermarket chain for the bargain price of 4 and had a bit of self adhesive felt laying around. Not too bad for a first attempt, would not try it with anything valuable as i have superglued the cases to the backing.
Rounds are as follows if i can get this right,
Left to Right
7.62 x 51
7.62 x 51
.303
5.56mm
.30
.45
9mm
9mm (found about 30 years ago in the street in France)
8mm
2 x unknown starting pistol or Hilti blanks

Best Weasel.

Blank Frame 02.jpg
 
That's a nice little display there. Even rounds that are nothing much on there own look good when displayed like this.
 
Hi Weasel,
nice job mate,by any chance is the .45" blank headstamped 66 K L5A3 or something close to that?

Cheers
Tony
 
Hi Tony,
Thanks for that, its nice to have these things out on display. You are almost right K 64 L5A3 what is the story with these then as this is the only one I have ever owned ?
 
Hi Weasel,
they were a Kynoch commercial venture made from 7.62 Nato tracer cases,thought the crimp style looked familiar.

Tony
 
Hi Tony,
Thank you for the info, I should have looked up the "L" number i tend to forget about cases being modified to make other rounds as seems to happen quite a lot with small arms.
Best Weasel.
 
Weren't those blanks made for sale to film studios for use in blank firing Thompsons?
 
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