So it was another good gunshow weekend, picked up 5 nice pieces early Saturday morning before the show opened...
A 3 Pdr Hotchkiss projectile, I am guessing common considering the threaded but empty base...someone painted it grey all over including the driving band. I stripped it off the lower part so I could see better...when I have some more time I will finish the job. I gathered it was a 3 Pdr Hotchkiss from my research here, it is 47mm in diameter. The driving band says "Manufactured By The Winchester Rep. Arms Co. New Haven Conn. U.S.A." and "Hotchkiss Patents November ?-76, October 31-82, February 13-83"...the second line is tough to read in places.
What would be the correct cartridge case for this? Since I do not have the correct one, I may just drop it in my German marked Czech 47mm tank case, at least it would look ok in there...at least until I either get a correct case, or a correct projectile! How scarce is this porjectile?
The 1 Pdr USN (Heavy) if my research is correct is pretty nice. The projectile is marked "G.R.S." with an anchor, and an "S" in a six pointed star on the driving band and below...with "M.C. Co., 1898" on the base....and the case is "U.M.C. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A., 1-99"
The French 37mm Mle 1938 is just the case...so the hunt for a projectile begins...the headstamp says "37Mle 193 ", no 8, looks like a light stamp which missed the 8..., and "ARS.33.40.D" which I assume it was manufactured in 1940...pretty late case! Also there is some ink stamps, but are difficult to make out. I thought this was cool, never saw one before, never really see any French ordnance arouns here.
Also picked up another Japanese 37mm HE missing the nose fuze, but I sold that one the next morning to a buddy for as much as I paid for everything...since I already have a nice Japanese 37mm, I figured why not, now everything else is free!
Finally, but not pictured, a nice German 20mm FlaK AP-T with yellow trace...
All in all itwas a great weekend....will be in Syracuse this weekend, hoping to score a few more things.
A 3 Pdr Hotchkiss projectile, I am guessing common considering the threaded but empty base...someone painted it grey all over including the driving band. I stripped it off the lower part so I could see better...when I have some more time I will finish the job. I gathered it was a 3 Pdr Hotchkiss from my research here, it is 47mm in diameter. The driving band says "Manufactured By The Winchester Rep. Arms Co. New Haven Conn. U.S.A." and "Hotchkiss Patents November ?-76, October 31-82, February 13-83"...the second line is tough to read in places.
What would be the correct cartridge case for this? Since I do not have the correct one, I may just drop it in my German marked Czech 47mm tank case, at least it would look ok in there...at least until I either get a correct case, or a correct projectile! How scarce is this porjectile?
The 1 Pdr USN (Heavy) if my research is correct is pretty nice. The projectile is marked "G.R.S." with an anchor, and an "S" in a six pointed star on the driving band and below...with "M.C. Co., 1898" on the base....and the case is "U.M.C. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A., 1-99"
The French 37mm Mle 1938 is just the case...so the hunt for a projectile begins...the headstamp says "37Mle 193 ", no 8, looks like a light stamp which missed the 8..., and "ARS.33.40.D" which I assume it was manufactured in 1940...pretty late case! Also there is some ink stamps, but are difficult to make out. I thought this was cool, never saw one before, never really see any French ordnance arouns here.
Also picked up another Japanese 37mm HE missing the nose fuze, but I sold that one the next morning to a buddy for as much as I paid for everything...since I already have a nice Japanese 37mm, I figured why not, now everything else is free!
Finally, but not pictured, a nice German 20mm FlaK AP-T with yellow trace...
All in all itwas a great weekend....will be in Syracuse this weekend, hoping to score a few more things.
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