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Reproduction 88mm KwK 43 Case

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M8owner

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What do you do when you have too many KwK 43 projectiles and not enough cases? This is made of three pieces of aluminum press fit together. I will either spray paint it with a brass color or get it brass plated. The materials cost approx. $100, and it took me a day to make it.

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Fantastic Steve! I might have to contact you about these, and I have a friend interested in your 17pdr casings. I will send you an email later tonight.
 
Thanks Rhys. I have yet another 17 pdr case inbound to me. If I recall, it is Canadian manufacture. I will get you a picture.

Hello John: if you cannot tell if it is tapered, then I must have done a good job.:wink: (No. I did not try to do a one degree taper over a length of 26 inches.) The body is a 0.25 inch wall pipe that is five inches in diameter. Everything was sized around this pipe - it is very close, but not the exact right size.
 
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