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By The Armorer on July 5, 2006 | | Comments (18)

C'mon, impress me!

Go ahead, give it yer best shot. You guys with the right kinds of jobs (i.e., daytime surfing ability) are getting pretty good at this stuff.

Okay - here's a little bit of help for scale. That's a german "egg" grenade.

MajMike hits the closest - but isn't there yet.

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By AFSister on July 5, 2006 11:31 AM
spent shell casing
 
By John of Argghhh!!! on July 5, 2006 11:35 AM
*Someone* (meaning me) left that too open. You are correct. Round 1 to AFSis. Round 2. What type and purpose?
 
By John of Argghhh!!! on July 5, 2006 11:37 AM
Oh, and figuring out caliber would help, too. I might give a size clue (though I've posted enough things where the picture was taken on that table you guys should about have the grain pattern memorized!
 
By AFSister on July 5, 2006 11:41 AM
See? I toldja the next question would be "ok... but what KIND of shell casing?". This is where I jump ship and let the real gun grognards take over. That being said... I'm pretty proud of myself right now!
 
By AL on July 5, 2006 11:48 AM
"shot" glass, about 2.5 oz.
 
By Graumagus on July 5, 2006 11:50 AM
40mm Grenade? That's my uneducated WAG....
 
By Gwedd on July 5, 2006 1:12 PM
Comrades, Hmmm... .52 calibre Spencer Rimfire. Or not... Perhaps a Maynard carbine round. Hard to tell without a scale for reference. Respects, AW1 Tim
 
By MajMike on July 5, 2006 1:25 PM
i'll guess it's for a flare launcher of some kind
 
By fdcol63 on July 5, 2006 2:45 PM
A spent casing for a 40mm illumination round?
 
By John of Argghhh!!! on July 5, 2006 3:06 PM
Which 40mm would that be, Frank? No matter - no, it is *none* of these things (though the 40mm flare is moving in the right direction). Al - you *could* use it as a shot glass, but it would take some serious cleaning up. Not that I haven't got something similar.
 
By jim b on July 5, 2006 3:13 PM
Nuts late again, and I was gonna guess the tip off the leg of the folding table we used in the yard to support the neighborhood parade. But NOOOOOOOooooooooo I should be so lucky as to find that thing. jim b moves on smartly
 
By AL on July 5, 2006 3:42 PM
Illumination/flare round (case) from french artillery. I say french cause of the egg grenade time frame and the fact it was probably a white flare.
 
By fdcol63 on July 5, 2006 3:46 PM
It looks very similar to the 37x122R plastic baton round here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/grenade.jpg
 
By John of Argghhh!!! on July 5, 2006 3:56 PM
Ah, yes, Frank - like this one from the Archives of Argghhh - already covered. It does, indeed look similar. Except that it's made of a different material. Has a different length. But you are sniffing down the correct path. Form follows function, some say. That guy owes me for the traffic I send his way... 8^)
 
By John of Argghhh!!! on July 5, 2006 4:01 PM
I have misled you. The egg grenade is solely for scale (it was handy when I took the pic) - time frame is 80's. But Al *has* sniffed out a clue - if you can capitalize on it!
 
By fdcol63 on July 5, 2006 6:35 PM
Maybe a round for a WW1-era Vicker-Crayford 1.59" (40x79R) trench gun? http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/MCRel5.jpg http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/MilRel.htm OK .... that's it for my WAG's. LOL
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on July 5, 2006 10:13 PM
Cartridge case for the 1WW French 37mm cannon: http://63.99.108.76/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t8992.html Cheers
 
By Trias on July 5, 2006 10:52 PM
An early flashbang shell? Not that i know much about flashbang.
 
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